US20030021549A1 - Structure and method for fabricating an electro-rheological lens - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to semiconductor structures and devices and to methods for their fabrication, and more specifically, to semiconductor structures, devices, and integrated circuits capable of optical communication.
- Semiconductor devices often include multiple layers of conductive, insulating, and semiconductive layers. Often, the desirable properties of such layers improve with the crystallinity of the layer. For example, the electron mobility and band gap of semiconductive layers improves as the crystallinity of the layer increases. Similarly, the free electron concentration of conductive layers and the electron charge displacement and electron energy recoverability of insulative or dielectric films improves as the crystallinity of these layers increases.
- communication circuits, networks and devices are being required to handle ever-increasing number of application such as desktop video-conferencing, interactive TV, supercomputer interconnection, and telemedicine applications.
- application such as desktop video-conferencing, interactive TV, supercomputer interconnection, and telemedicine applications.
- the increasing number of users who will use these applications may require ultra-high total network throughputs ranging from several hundreds of gigabits per second (Gb/s) to perhaps even several terabits per second (Tb/s).
- Gb/s gigabits per second
- Tb/s terabits per second
- advanced optical communications networks and devices will need to be capable of transmitting, receiving, multiplexing, and de-multiplexing at increased speeds and baud rates.
- Fiber optic networks and devices can operate at speeds up to 2.5 Gb/s making fiber optic devices one of the best solutions to the increasing demand for speed and bandwidth.
- Speed and bandwidth of fiber optic semiconductor structures, specifically transmitters and receivers can be limited by the loss of signal from coupling between the fiber and the structure. The loss of signal can be from the light source no longer being optimally focused on the fiber end.
- Wide varieties of lenses are available for laser to fiber couplers to aid in preventing the signal attenuation. Aspheric, achromat, anplanoconvex, and biconvex are to name but a few however, the optical throughput in a lens system remains constricted due to their fixed focal lengths and variable locations of the fiber end.
- a monocrystalline substrate that is compliant with a high quality monocrystalline material layer so that true two-dimensional growth can be achieved for the formation of quality semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits having grown monocrystalline film having the same crystal orientation as an underlying substrate.
- This monocrystalline material layer may be comprised of a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, and other types of material such as metals and non-metals.
- optical components to be created and integrated together utilizing such a semiconductor structure.
- FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 illustrate schematically, in cross section, device structures suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates graphically the relationship between maximum attainable film thickness and lattice mismatch between a host crystal and a grown crystalline overlayer
- FIG. 5 illustrates a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph of a structure including a monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer
- FIG. 6 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum of a structure including a monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer
- FIG. 7 illustrates a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph of a structure including an amorphous oxide layer
- FIG. 8 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum of a structure including an amorphous oxide layer
- FIGS. 9 - 12 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 13 - 16 illustrate a probable molecular bonding structure of the device structures illustrated in FIGS. 9 - 12 ;
- FIGS. 17 - 20 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention
- FIGS. 21 - 26 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with the invention
- FIGS. 27 - 31 illustrate cross-sectional views of a various stages of the formation of an integrated circuit that includes a semiconductor laser, optical receiver, and electro-rheological lens in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating a method of fabricating an integrated optical device in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates schematically, in cross-section, a portion of a semiconductor structure 20 suitable for fabricating optical devices.
- Semiconductor structure 20 includes a monocrystalline substrate 22 , accommodating buffer layer 24 comprising a monocrystalline material, and a monocrystalline material layer 26 .
- the term “monocrystalline” shall have the meaning commonly used within the semiconductor industry.
- the term shall refer to materials that are a single crystal or that are substantially a single crystal and shall include those materials having a relatively small number of defects such as dislocations and the like as are commonly found in substrates of silicon or germanium or mixtures of silicon and germanium and epitaxial layers of such materials commonly found in the semiconductor industry.
- structure 20 also includes an amorphous intermediate layer 28 positioned between substrate 22 and accommodating buffer layer 24 .
- Structure 20 may also include a template layer 30 between the accommodating buffer layer and monocrystalline material layer 26 .
- the template layer helps to initiate the growth of the monocrystalline material layer on the accommodating buffer layer.
- the amorphous intermediate layer helps to relieve the strain in the accommodating buffer layer and by doing so, aids in the growth of a high crystalline quality accommodating buffer layer.
- Substrate 22 is a monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor wafer, preferably of large diameter.
- the wafer can be of, for example, a material from Group IV of the periodic table.
- Group IV semiconductor materials include silicon, germanium, mixed silicon and germanium, mixed silicon and carbon, mixed silicon, germanium and carbon, and the like.
- substrate 22 is a wafer containing silicon or germanium, and most preferably is a high quality monocrystalline silicon wafer as used in the semiconductor industry.
- Accommodating buffer layer 24 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide or nitride material epitaxially grown on the underlying substrate.
- amorphous intermediate layer 28 is grown on substrate 22 at the interface between substrate 22 and the growing accommodating buffer layer by the oxidation of substrate 22 during the growth of layer 24 .
- the amorphous intermediate layer serves to relieve strain that might otherwise occur in the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer as a result of differences in the lattice constants of the substrate and the buffer layer.
- lattice constant refers to the distance between atoms of a cell measured in the plane of the surface. If such strain is not relieved by the amorphous intermediate layer, the strain may cause defects in the crystalline structure of the accommodating buffer layer.
- monocrystalline material layer 26 which may comprise a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, a piezoelectric material, or another type of material such as a metal or a non-metal and may or may not have piezoelectric properties.
- Accommodating buffer layer 24 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide or nitride material selected for its crystalline compatibility with the underlying substrate and with the overlying material layer.
- the material could be an oxide or nitride having a lattice structure closely matched to the substrate and to the subsequently applied monocrystalline material layer.
- Materials that are suitable for the accommodating buffer layer include metal oxides such as the alkaline earth metal titanates, alkaline earth metal zirconates, alkaline earth metal hafnates, alkaline earth metal tantalates, alkaline earth metal ruthenates, alkaline earth metal niobates, alkaline earth metal vanadates, alkaline earth metal tin-based perovskites, lanthanum aluminate, lanthanum scandium oxide, and gadolinium oxide. Additionally, various nitrides such as gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, and boron nitride may also be used for the accommodating buffer layer.
- metal oxides such as the alkaline earth metal titanates, alkaline earth metal zirconates, alkaline earth metal hafnates, alkaline earth metal tantalates, alkaline earth metal ruthenates, alkaline earth metal niobates, alkaline earth metal vanadates, alkaline earth metal tin
- these materials are insulators, although strontium ruthenate, for example, is a conductor.
- these materials are metal oxides or metal nitrides, and more particularly, these metal oxide or nitrides typically include at least two different metallic elements. In some specific applications, the metal oxides or nitrides may include three or more different metallic elements.
- Amorphous interface layer 28 is preferably an oxide formed by the oxidation of the surface of substrate 22 , and more preferably is composed of a silicon oxide.
- the thickness of layer 28 is sufficient to relieve strain attributed to mismatches between the lattice constants of substrate 22 and accommodating buffer layer 24 .
- layer 28 has a thickness in the range of approximately 0.5-5 nm.
- the material for monocrystalline material layer 26 can be selected, as desired, for a particular structure or application.
- the monocrystalline material of layer 26 may comprise a compound semiconductor which can be selected, as needed for a particular semiconductor structure, from any of the Group IIIA and VA elements (III-V semiconductor compounds), mixed III-V compounds, Group II (A or B) and VIA elements (II-VI semiconductor compounds), and mixed II-VI compounds.
- Examples include gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium indium arsenide (GaInAs), gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs), indium phosphide (InP), cadmium sulfide (CdS), cadmium mercury telluride (CdHgTe), zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe), and the like.
- Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer.
- monocrystalline material layer 26 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits.
- template 30 is discussed below. Suitable template materials chemically bond to the surface of the accommodating buffer layer 24 at selected sites and provide sites for the nucleation of the epitaxial growth of monocrystalline material layer 26 . When used, template layer 30 has a thickness ranging from about 1 to about 10 monolayers.
- FIG. 2 illustrates, in cross-section, a portion of a semiconductor structure 40 in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.
- Structure 40 is similar to the previously described semiconductor structure 20 , except that an additional buffer layer 32 is positioned between accommodating buffer layer 24 and monocrystalline material layer 26 .
- the additional buffer layer is positioned between template layer 30 and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material.
- the additional buffer layer formed of a semiconductor or compound semiconductor material when the monocrystalline material layer 26 comprises a semiconductor or compound semiconductor material, serves to provide a lattice compensation when the lattice constant of the accommodating buffer layer cannot be adequately matched to the overlying monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor material layer.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates, in cross-section, a portion of a semiconductor structure 34 in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- Structure 34 is similar to structure 20 , except that structure 34 includes an amorphous layer 36 , rather than accommodating buffer layer 24 and amorphous interface layer 28 , and an additional monocrystalline layer 38 .
- amorphous layer 36 may be formed by first forming an accommodating buffer layer and an amorphous interface layer in a similar manner to that described above. Monocrystalline layer 38 is then formed (by epitaxial growth) overlying the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer. The accommodating buffer layer is then exposed to an anneal process to convert the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer to an amorphous layer. Amorphous layer 36 formed in this manner comprises materials from both the accommodating buffer and interface layers, which amorphous layers may or may not amalgamate. Thus, layer 36 may comprise one or two amorphous layers. Formation of amorphous layer 36 between substrate 22 and additional monocrystalline layer 26 (subsequent to layer 38 formation) relieves stresses between layers 22 and 38 and provides a true compliant substrate for subsequent processing—e.g., monocrystalline material layer 26 formation.
- Additional monocrystalline layer 38 may include any of the materials described throughout this application in connection with either of monocrystalline material layer 26 or additional buffer layer 32 .
- layer 38 may include monocrystalline Group IV or monocrystalline compound semiconductor materials.
- additional monocrystalline layer 38 serves as an anneal cap during layer 36 formation and as a template for subsequent monocrystalline layer 26 formation. Accordingly, layer 38 is preferably thick enough to provide a suitable template for layer 26 growth (at least one monolayer) and thin enough to allow layer 38 to form as a substantially defect free monocrystalline material.
- additional monocrystalline layer 38 comprises monocrystalline material (e.g., a material discussed above in connection with monocrystalline layer 26 ) that is thick enough to form devices within layer 38 .
- monocrystalline material e.g., a material discussed above in connection with monocrystalline layer 26
- a semiconductor structure in accordance with the present invention does not include monocrystalline material layer 26 .
- the semiconductor structure in accordance with this embodiment only includes one monocrystalline layer disposed above amorphous oxide layer 36 .
- monocrystalline substrate 22 is a silicon substrate oriented in the (100) direction.
- the silicon substrate can be, for example, a silicon substrate as is commonly used in making complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits having a diameter of about 200-300 mm.
- accommodating buffer layer 24 is a monocrystalline layer of Sr z Ba 1-z TiO 3 where z ranges from 0 to 1 and the amorphous intermediate layer is a layer of silicon oxide (SiO x ) formed at the interface between the silicon substrate and the accommodating buffer layer. The value of z is selected to obtain one or more lattice constants closely matched to corresponding lattice constants of the subsequently formed layer 26 .
- the accommodating buffer layer can have a thickness of about 2 to about 100 nanometers (nm) and preferably has a thickness of about 5 nm.
- nm nanometers
- Layers thicker than 100 nm usually provide little additional benefit while increasing cost unnecessarily; however, thicker layers may be fabricated if needed.
- the amorphous intermediate layer of silicon oxide can have a thickness of about 0.5-5 nm, and preferably a thickness of about 1 to 2 nm.
- monocrystalline material layer 26 is a compound semiconductor layer of gallium arsenide (GaAs) or aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) having a thickness of about 1 nm to about 100 micrometers ( ⁇ m) and preferably a thickness of about 0.5 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m. The thickness generally depends on the application for which the layer is being prepared.
- GaAs gallium arsenide
- AlGaAs aluminum gallium arsenide
- the monocrystalline material layer 26 may be a compound semiconductor layer of gallium arsenide (GaAs) or aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) having a thickness of about 5 ⁇ m to 125 ⁇ m, and a preferable thickness between 75 ⁇ m and 100 ⁇ m.
- GaAs gallium arsenide
- AlGaAs aluminum gallium arsenide
- a template layer is formed by capping the oxide layer.
- the template layer is preferably 1-10 monolayers of Ti—As, Sr—O—As, Sr—Ga—O, or Sr—Al—O.
- 1-2 monolayers of Ti—As or Sr—Ga—O have been illustrated to successfully grow GaAs layers.
- monocrystalline substrate 22 is a silicon substrate as described above.
- the accommodating buffer layer is a monocrystalline oxide of strontium or barium zirconate or hafnate in a cubic or orthorhombic phase with an amorphous intermediate layer of silicon oxide formed at the interface between the silicon substrate and the accommodating buffer layer.
- the accommodating buffer layer can have a thickness of about 2-100 nm and preferably has a thickness of at least 5 nm to ensure adequate crystalline and surface quality and is formed of a monocrystalline SrZrO 3 , BaZrO 3 , SrHfO 3 , BaSnO 3 or BaHfO 3 .
- a monocrystalline oxide layer of BaZrO 3 can grow at a temperature of about 700 degrees C.
- the lattice structure of the resulting crystalline oxide exhibits a 45-degree rotation with respect to the substrate silicon lattice structure.
- An accommodating buffer layer formed of these zirconate or hafnate materials is suitable for the growth of a monocrystalline material layer that comprises compound semiconductor materials in the indium phosphide (InP) system.
- the compound semiconductor material can be, for example, indium phosphide (InP), indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), aluminum indium arsenide, (AlInAs), or aluminum gallium indium arsenic phosphide (AlGaInAsP), having a thickness of about 1.0 nm to 10 ⁇ m.
- a suitable template for this structure is 1-10 monolayers of zirconium-arsenic (Zr—As), zirconium-phosphorus (Zr—P), hafnium-arsenic (Hf—As), hafnium-phosphorus (Hf—P), strontium-oxygen-arsenic (Sr—O—As), strontium-oxygen-phosphorus (Sr—O—P), barium-oxygen-arsenic (Ba—O—As), indium-strontium-oxygen (In—Sr—O), or barium-oxygen-phosphorus (Ba—O—P), and preferably 1-2 monolayers of one of these materials.
- the surface is terminated with 1-2 monolayers of zirconium followed by deposition of 1-2 monolayers of arsenic to form a Zr—As template.
- a monocrystalline layer of the compound semiconductor material from the indium phosphide system is then grown on the template layer.
- the resulting lattice structure of the compound semiconductor material exhibits a 45-degree rotation with respect to the accommodating buffer layer lattice structure and a lattice mismatch to (100) InP of less than 2.5%, and preferably less than about 1.0%.
- a structure is provided that is suitable for the growth of an epitaxial film of a monocrystalline material comprising a II-VI material overlying a silicon substrate.
- the substrate is preferably a silicon wafer as described above.
- a suitable accommodating buffer layer material is Sr x Ba 1-x TiO 3 , where x ranges from 0 to 1, having a thickness of about 2-100 nm and preferably a thickness of about 5-15 nm.
- the II-VI compound semiconductor material can be, for example, zinc selenide (ZnSe) or zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe).
- a suitable template for this material system includes 1-10 monolayers of zinc-oxygen (Zn—O) followed by 1-2 monolayers of an excess of zinc followed by the selenidation of zinc on the surface.
- a template can be, for example, 1-10 monolayers of strontium-sulfur (Sr—S) followed by the ZnSeS.
- This embodiment of the invention is an example of structure 40 illustrated in FIG. 2.
- Substrate 22 , accommodating buffer layer 24 , and monocrystalline material layer 26 can be similar to those described in example 1.
- an additional buffer layer 32 serves to alleviate any strains that might result from a mismatch of the crystal lattice of the accommodating buffer layer and the lattice of the monocrystalline material.
- Buffer layer 32 can be a layer of germanium or a gallium arsenide GaAs, an aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP), an aluminum gallium phosphide (AlGaP), an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), an aluminum indium phosphide (AlInP), a gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP), or an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) strain compensated superlattice.
- buffer layer 32 includes a GaAs x P 1-x superlattice, wherein the value of x ranges from 0 to 1.
- buffer layer 32 includes an In y Ga 1-y P superlattice, wherein the value of y ranges from 0 to 1.
- the lattice constant is varied from bottom to top across the superlattice to create a match between lattice constants of the underlying oxide and the overlying monocrystalline material which in this example is a compound semiconductor material.
- the compositions of other compound semiconductor materials, such as those listed above, may also be similarly varied to manipulate the lattice constant of layer 32 in a like manner.
- the superlattice can have a thickness of about 50-500 nm and preferably has a thickness of about 100-200 nm.
- buffer layer 32 can be a layer of monocrystalline germanium having a thickness of 1-50 nm and preferably having a thickness of about 2-20 nm.
- a template layer of either germanium-strontium (Ge—Sr) or germanium-titanium (Ge—Ti) having a thickness of about one monolayer can be used as a nucleating site for the subsequent growth of the monocrystalline material layer which in this example is a compound semiconductor material.
- the formation of the oxide layer is capped with either a monolayer of strontium or a monolayer of titanium to act as a nucleating site for the subsequent deposition of the monocrystalline germanium.
- the monolayer of strontium or titanium provides a nucleating site to which the first monolayer of germanium can bond.
- This example also illustrates materials useful in a structure 40 as illustrated in FIG. 2.
- Substrate material 22 , accommodating buffer layer 24 , monocrystalline material layer 26 and template layer 30 can be the same as those described above in example 2.
- additional buffer layer 32 is inserted between the accommodating buffer layer and the overlying monocrystalline material layer.
- the buffer layer a further monocrystalline material that in this instance comprises a semiconductor material, can be a graded layer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) or indium aluminum arsenide (InAlAs).
- additional buffer layer 32 includes InGaAs in which the indium composition varies from 0 to about 50%.
- the additional buffer layer 32 preferably has a thickness of about 10-30 nm. Varying the composition of the buffer layer from GaAs to InGaAs serves to provide a lattice match between the underlying monocrystalline oxide material and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material that in this example is a compound semiconductor material. Such a buffer layer is especially advantageous if there is a lattice mismatch between accommodating buffer layer 24 and monocrystalline material layer 26 .
- This example provides exemplary materials useful in structure 34 , as illustrated in FIG. 3.
- Substrate material 22 , template layer 30 , and monocrystalline material layer 26 may be the same as those described above in connection with example 1.
- Amorphous layer 36 is an amorphous oxide layer that is suitably formed of a combination of amorphous intermediate layer materials (e.g., layer 28 materials as described above) and accommodating buffer layer materials (e.g., layer 24 materials as described above).
- amorphous layer 36 may include a combination of SiO x and Sr z Ba 1-z TiO 3 (where z ranges from 0 to 1), which combine or mix, at least partially, during an anneal process to form amorphous oxide layer 36 .
- amorphous layer 36 may vary from application to application and may depend on such factors as desired insulating properties of layer 36 , type of monocrystalline material comprising layer 26 , and the like. In accordance with one exemplary aspect of the present embodiment, layer 36 thickness is about 2 nm to about 100 nm, preferably about 2-10 nm, and more preferably about 5-6 nm.
- Layer 38 comprises a monocrystalline material that can be grown epitaxially over a monocrystalline oxide material such as material used to form accommodating buffer layer 24 .
- layer 38 includes the same materials as those comprising layer 26 .
- layer 38 also includes GaAs.
- layer 38 may include materials different from those used to form layer 26 .
- layer 38 is about 1 monolayer to about 100 nm thick.
- substrate 22 is a monocrystalline substrate such as monocrystalline silicon or gallium arsenide substrate.
- the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline substrate is characterized by a lattice constant and by a lattice orientation.
- accommodating buffer layer 24 is also a monocrystalline material and the lattice of that monocrystalline material is characterized by a lattice constant and a crystal orientation.
- the lattice constants of the accommodating buffer layer and the monocrystalline substrate must be closely matched or, alternatively, must be such that upon rotation of one crystal orientation with respect to the other crystal orientation, a substantial match in lattice constants is achieved.
- the terms “substantially equal” and “substantially matched” mean that there is sufficient similarity between the lattice constants to permit the growth of a high quality crystalline layer on the underlying layer.
- FIG. 4 illustrates graphically the relationship of the achievable thickness of a grown crystal layer of high crystalline quality as a function of the mismatch between the lattice constants of the host crystal and the grown crystal.
- Curve 42 illustrates the boundary of high crystalline quality material. The area to the right of curve 42 represents layers that have a large number of defects. With no lattice mismatch, it is theoretically possible to grow an infinitely thick, high quality epitaxial layer on the host crystal. As the mismatch in lattice constants increases, the thickness of achievable, high quality crystalline layer decreases rapidly. As a reference point, for example, if the lattice constants between the host crystal and the grown layer are mismatched by more than about 2%, monocrystalline epitaxial layers in excess of about 20 nm cannot be achieved.
- substrate 22 is a (100) or (111) oriented monocrystalline silicon wafer and accommodating buffer layer 24 is a layer of strontium barium titanate.
- Substantial matching of lattice constants between these two materials is achieved by rotating the crystal orientation of the titanate material by 45° with respect to the crystal orientation of the silicon substrate wafer.
- the inclusion in the structure of amorphous interface layer 28 a silicon oxide layer in this example, if it is of sufficient thickness, serves to reduce strain in the titanate monocrystalline layer that might result from any mismatch in the lattice constants of the host silicon wafer and the grown titanate layer.
- a high quality, thick, monocrystalline titanate layer is achievable.
- layer 26 is a layer of epitaxially grown monocrystalline material and that crystalline material is also characterized by a crystal lattice constant and a crystal orientation.
- the lattice constant of layer 26 differs from the lattice constant of substrate 22 .
- the accommodating buffer layer must be of high crystalline quality.
- substantial matching between the crystal lattice constant of the host crystal, in this case, the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer, and the grown crystal is desired.
- this substantial matching of lattice constants is achieved as a result of rotation of the crystal orientation of the grown crystal with respect to the orientation of the host crystal.
- the grown crystal is gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide, zinc selenide, or zinc sulfur selenide and the accommodating buffer layer is monocrystalline Sr x Ba 1-x TiO 3 .
- the host material is a strontium or barium zirconate or a strontium or barium hafnate or barium tin oxide and the compound semiconductor layer is indium phosphide or gallium indium arsenide or aluminum indium arsenide
- substantial matching of crystal lattice constants can be achieved by rotating the orientation of the grown crystal layer by 45° with respect to the host oxide crystal.
- a crystalline semiconductor buffer layer between the host oxide and the grown monocrystalline material layer can be used to reduce strain in the grown monocrystalline material layer that might result from small differences in lattice constants. Better crystalline quality in the grown monocrystalline material layer can thereby be achieved.
- the following example illustrates a process, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, for fabricating a semiconductor structure such as the structures depicted in FIGS. 1 - 3 .
- the process starts by providing a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate comprising silicon or germanium.
- the semiconductor substrate is a silicon wafer having a (100) orientation.
- the substrate is preferably oriented on axis or, at most, about 4° off axis.
- At least a portion of the semiconductor substrate has a bare surface, although other portions of the substrate, as described below, may encompass other structures.
- the term “bare” in this context means that the surface in the portion of the substrate has been cleaned to remove any oxides, contaminants, or other foreign material.
- bare silicon is highly reactive and readily forms a native oxide.
- the term “bare” is intended to encompass such a native oxide.
- a thin silicon oxide may also be intentionally grown on the semiconductor substrate, although such a grown oxide is not essential to the process in accordance with the invention.
- the native oxide layer In order to epitaxially grow a monocrystalline oxide layer overlying the monocrystalline substrate, the native oxide layer must first be removed to expose the crystalline structure of the underlying substrate. The following process is preferably carried out by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), although other epitaxial processes may also be used in accordance with the present invention.
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- the native oxide can be removed by first thermally depositing a thin layer of strontium, barium, a combination of strontium and barium, or other alkaline earth metals or combinations of alkaline earth metals in an MBE apparatus.
- the substrate is then heated to a temperature of about 750° C. to cause the strontium to react with the native silicon oxide layer.
- the strontium serves to reduce the silicon oxide to leave a silicon oxide-free surface.
- the resultant surface which exhibits an ordered 2 ⁇ 1 structure, includes strontium, oxygen, and silicon.
- the ordered 2 ⁇ 1 structure forms a template for the ordered growth of an overlying layer of a monocrystalline oxide.
- the template provides the necessary chemical and physical properties to nucleate the crystalline growth of an overlying layer.
- the native silicon oxide can be converted and the substrate surface can be prepared for the growth of a monocrystalline oxide layer by depositing an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as strontium oxide, strontium barium oxide, or barium oxide, onto the substrate surface by MBE at a low temperature and by subsequently heating the structure to a temperature of about 750° C. At this temperature, a solid state reaction takes place between the strontium oxide and the native silicon oxide causing the reduction of the native silicon oxide and leaving an ordered 2 ⁇ 1 structure with strontium, oxygen, and silicon remaining on the substrate surface. Again, this forms a template for the subsequent growth of an ordered monocrystalline oxide layer.
- an alkaline earth metal oxide such as strontium oxide, strontium barium oxide, or barium oxide
- the substrate is cooled to a temperature in the range of about 200-800° C. and a layer of strontium titanate is grown on the template layer by molecular beam epitaxy.
- the MBE process is initiated by opening shutters in the MBE apparatus to expose strontium, titanium and oxygen sources.
- the ratio of strontium and titanium is approximately 1:1.
- the partial pressure of oxygen is initially set at a minimum value to grow stoichiometric strontium titanate at a growth rate of about 0.3-0.5 nm per minute. After initiating growth of the strontium titanate, the partial pressure of oxygen is increased above the initial minimum value.
- the overpressure of oxygen causes the growth of an amorphous silicon oxide layer at the interface between the underlying substrate and the growing strontium titanate layer.
- the growth of the silicon oxide layer results from the diffusion of oxygen through the growing strontium titanate layer to the interface where the oxygen reacts with silicon at the surface of the underlying substrate.
- the strontium titanate grows as an ordered (100) monocrystal with the (100) crystalline orientation rotated by 45° with respect to the underlying substrate. Strain that otherwise might exist in the strontium titanate layer because of the small mismatch in lattice constant between the silicon substrate and the growing crystal is relieved in the amorphous silicon oxide intermediate layer.
- the monocrystalline strontium titanate is capped by a template layer that is conducive to the subsequent growth of an epitaxial layer of a desired monocrystalline material.
- the MBE growth of the strontium titanate monocrystalline layer can be capped by terminating the growth with 1-2 monolayers of titanium, 1-2 monolayers of titanium-oxygen or with 1-2 monolayers of strontium-oxygen.
- arsenic is deposited to form a Ti—As bond, a Ti—O—As bond or a Sr—O—As.
- gallium arsenide monocrystalline layer is subsequently introduced to the reaction with the arsenic and gallium arsenide forms.
- gallium can be deposited on the capping layer to form a Sr—O—Ga bond, and arsenic is subsequently introduced with the gallium to form the GaAs.
- FIG. 5 is a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) of semiconductor material manufactured in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Single crystal SrTiO 3 accommodating buffer layer 24 was grown epitaxially on silicon substrate 22 .
- amorphous interfacial layer 28 is formed which relieves strain due to lattice mismatch.
- GaAs compound semiconductor layer 26 was then grown epitaxially using template layer 30 .
- FIG. 6 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum taken on a structure including GaAs monocrystalline layer 26 comprising GaAs grown on silicon substrate 22 using accommodating buffer layer 24 .
- the peaks in the spectrum indicate that both the accommodating buffer layer 24 and GaAs compound semiconductor layer 26 are single crystal and (100) orientated.
- the structure illustrated in FIG. 2 can be formed by the process discussed above with the addition of an additional buffer layer deposition step.
- the additional buffer layer 32 is formed overlying the template layer before the deposition of the monocrystalline material layer.
- the buffer layer is a monocrystalline material comprising a compound semiconductor superlattice, such a superlattice can be deposited, by MBE for example, on the template described above.
- the buffer layer is a monocrystalline material layer comprising a layer of germanium
- the process above is modified to cap the strontium titanate monocrystalline layer with a final layer of either strontium or titanium and then by depositing germanium to react with the strontium or titanium.
- the germanium buffer layer can then be deposited directly on this template.
- Structure 34 may be formed by growing an accommodating buffer layer, forming an amorphous oxide layer over substrate 22 , and growing semiconductor layer 38 over the accommodating buffer layer, as described above.
- the accommodating buffer layer and the amorphous oxide layer are then exposed to an anneal process sufficient to change the crystalline structure of the accommodating buffer layer from monocrystalline to amorphous, thereby forming an amorphous layer such that the combination of the amorphous oxide layer and the now amorphous accommodating buffer layer form a single amorphous oxide layer 36 .
- Layer 26 is then subsequently grown over layer 38 .
- the anneal process may be carried out subsequent to growth of layer 26 .
- layer 36 is formed by exposing substrate 22 , the accommodating buffer layer, the amorphous oxide layer, and monocrystalline layer 38 to a rapid thermal anneal process with a peak temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. and a process time of about 5 seconds to about 10 minutes.
- a rapid thermal anneal process with a peak temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. and a process time of about 5 seconds to about 10 minutes.
- suitable anneal processes may be employed to convert the accommodating buffer layer to an amorphous layer in accordance with the present invention.
- laser annealing, electron beam annealing, or “conventional” thermal annealing processes may be used to form layer 36 .
- an overpressure of one or more constituents of layer 30 may be required to prevent degradation of layer 38 during the anneal process.
- the anneal environment preferably includes an overpressure of arsenic to mitigate degradation of layer 38 .
- layer 38 of structure 34 may include any materials suitable for either of layers 32 or 26 . Accordingly, any deposition or growth methods described in connection with either layer 32 or 26 may be employed to deposit layer 38 .
- FIG. 7 is a high resolution TEM of semiconductor material manufactured in accordance with the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 3.
- a single crystal SrTiO 3 accommodating buffer layer was grown epitaxially on silicon substrate 22 .
- an amorphous interfacial layer forms as described above.
- additional monocrystalline layer 38 comprising a compound semiconductor layer of GaAs is formed above the accommodating buffer layer and the accommodating buffer layer is exposed to an anneal process to form amorphous oxide layer 36 .
- FIG. 8 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum taken on a structure including additional monocrystalline layer 38 comprising a GaAs compound semiconductor layer and amorphous oxide layer 36 formed on silicon substrate 22 .
- the peaks in the spectrum indicate that GaAs compound semiconductor layer 38 is single crystal and (100) orientated and the lack of peaks around 40 to 50 degrees indicates that layer 36 is amorphous.
- the process described above illustrates a process for forming a semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, an overlying oxide layer, and a monocrystalline material layer comprising a gallium arsenide compound semiconductor layer by the process of molecular beam epitaxy.
- the process can also be carried out by the process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), migration enhanced epitaxy (MEE), atomic layer epitaxy (ALE), physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical solution deposition (CSD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), or the like.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- MEE migration enhanced epitaxy
- ALE atomic layer epitaxy
- PVD physical vapor deposition
- CSSD chemical solution deposition
- PLD pulsed laser deposition
- monocrystalline accommodating buffer layers such as alkaline earth metal titanates, zirconates, hafnates, tantalates, vanadates, ruthenates, and niobates, alkaline earth metal tin-based perovskites, lanthanum aluminate, lanthanum scandium oxide, and gadolinium oxide can also be grown.
- a similar process such as MBE, other monocrystalline material layers comprising other III-V and II-VI monocrystalline compound semiconductors, semiconductors, metals and non-metals can be deposited overlying the monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer.
- each of the variations of monocrystalline material layer and monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer uses an appropriate template for initiating the growth of the monocrystalline material layer.
- the accommodating buffer layer is an alkaline earth metal zirconate
- the oxide can be capped by a thin layer of zirconium.
- the deposition of zirconium can be followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorus to react with the zirconium as a precursor to depositing indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide respectively.
- the monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer is an alkaline earth metal hafnate, the oxide layer can be capped by a thin layer of hafnium.
- hafnium is followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorous to react with the hafnium as a precursor to the growth of an indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide layer, respectively.
- strontium titanate can be capped with a layer of strontium or strontium and oxygen and barium titanate can be capped with a layer of barium or barium and oxygen.
- Each of these depositions can be followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorus to react with the capping material to form a template for the deposition of a monocrystalline material layer comprising compound semiconductors such as indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide.
- FIGS. 9 - 12 The formation of a device structure in accordance with another embodiment of the invention is illustrated schematically in cross-section in FIGS. 9 - 12 .
- this embodiment of the invention involves the process of forming a compliant substrate utilizing the epitaxial growth of single crystal oxides, such as the formation of accommodating buffer layer 24 previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and amorphous layer 36 previously described with reference to FIG. 3, and the formation of a template layer 30 .
- the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9 - 12 utilizes a template that includes a surfactant to facilitate layer-by-layer monocrystalline material growth.
- an amorphous intermediate layer 58 is grown on substrate 52 at the interface between substrate 52 and a growing accommodating buffer layer 54 , which is preferably a monocrystalline crystal oxide layer, by the oxidation of substrate 52 during the growth of layer 54 .
- Layer 54 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide material such as a monocrystalline layer of Sr z Ba 1-z TiO 3 where z ranges from 0 to 1.
- layer 54 may also comprise any of those compounds previously described with reference layer 24 in FIGS. 1 - 2 and any of those compounds previously described with reference to layer 36 in FIG. 3, which is formed from layers 24 and 28 referenced in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- Layer 54 is grown with a strontium (Sr) terminated surface represented in FIG. 9 by hatched line 55 which is followed by the addition of a template layer 60 which includes a surfactant layer 61 and capping layer 63 as illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11.
- Surfactant layer 61 may comprise, but is not limited to, elements such as Al, In and Ga, but will be dependent upon the composition of layer 54 and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material for optimal results.
- aluminum (Al) is used for surfactant layer 61 and functions to modify the surface and surface energy of layer 54 .
- surfactant layer 61 is epitaxially grown, to a thickness of one to two monolayers, over layer 54 as illustrated in FIG.
- MBE molecular beam epitaxy
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- MEE migration enhanced epitaxy
- ALE atomic layer epitaxy
- PVD physical vapor deposition
- CSD chemical solution deposition
- PLD pulsed laser deposition
- Surfactant layer 61 is then exposed to a Group V element such as arsenic, for example, to form capping layer 63 as illustrated in FIG. 11.
- Surfactant layer 61 may be exposed to a number of materials to create capping layer 63 such as elements which include, but are not limited to, As, P, Sb and N.
- Surfactant layer 61 and capping layer 63 combine to form template layer 60 .
- Monocrystalline material layer 66 which in this example is a compound semiconductor such as GaAs, is then deposited via MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, and the like to form the final structure illustrated in FIG. 12.
- Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer.
- monocrystalline material layer 66 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits.
- FIGS. 13 - 16 illustrate possible molecular bond structures for a specific example of a compound semiconductor structure formed in accordance with the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 9 - 12 . More specifically, FIGS. 13 - 16 illustrate the growth of GaAs (layer 66 ) on the strontium terminated surface of a strontium titanate monocrystalline oxide (layer 54 ) using a surfactant containing template (layer 60 ).
- a monocrystalline material layer 66 such as GaAs on an accommodating buffer layer 54 such as a strontium titanium oxide over amorphous interface layer 58 and substrate layer 52 both of which may comprise materials previously described with reference to layers 28 and 22 , respectively in FIGS. 1 and 2, illustrates a critical thickness of about 1000 Angstroms where the two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) growth shifts because of the surface energies involved.
- a critical thickness of about 1000 Angstroms where the two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) growth shifts because of the surface energies involved.
- the surface energy of the monocrystalline oxide layer 54 must be greater than the surface energy of the amorphous interface layer 58 added to the surface energy of the GaAs layer 66 . Since it is impracticable to satisfy this equation, a surfactant containing template was used, as described above with reference to FIGS. 10 - 12 , to increase the surface energy of the monocrystalline oxide layer 54 and also to shift the crystalline structure of the template to a diamond-like structure that is in compliance with the original GaAs layer.
- FIG. 13 illustrates the molecular bond structure of a strontium terminated surface of a strontium titanate monocrystalline oxide layer.
- An aluminum surfactant layer is deposited on top of the strontium terminated surface and bonds with that surface as illustrated in FIG. 14, which reacts to form a capping layer comprising a monolayer of Al 2 Sr having the molecular bond structure illustrated in FIG. 14 which forms a diamond-like structure with an sp 3 hybrid terminated surface that is compliant with compound semiconductors such as GaAs.
- the structure is then exposed to As to form a layer of AlAs as shown in FIG. 15.
- GaAs is then deposited to complete the molecular bond structure illustrated in FIG. 16, which has been obtained by 2D growth.
- the GaAs can be grown to any thickness for forming other semiconductor structures, devices, or integrated circuits.
- Alkaline earth metals such as those in Group IIA are those elements preferably used to form the capping surface of the monocrystalline oxide layer 54 because they are capable of forming a desired molecular structure with aluminum.
- a surfactant containing template layer aids in the formation of a compliant substrate for the monolithic integration of various material layers including those comprised of Group III-V compounds to form high quality semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits.
- a surfactant containing template may be used for the monolithic integration of a monocrystalline material layer such as a layer comprising Germanium (Ge), for example, to form high efficiency photocells.
- FIGS. 17 - 20 the formation of a device structure in accordance with another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in cross-section.
- This embodiment utilizes the formation of a compliant substrate that relies on the epitaxial growth of single crystal oxides on silicon followed by the epitaxial growth of single crystal silicon onto the oxide.
- An accommodating buffer layer 74 such as a monocrystalline oxide layer is first grown on a substrate layer 72 , such as silicon, with an amorphous interface layer 78 as illustrated in FIG. 17.
- Monocrystalline oxide layer 74 may be comprised of any of those materials previously discussed with reference to layer 24 in FIGS. 1 and 2, while amorphous interface layer 78 is preferably comprised of any of those materials previously described with reference to the layer 28 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- Substrate 72 although preferably silicon, may also comprise any of those materials previously described with reference to substrate 22 in FIGS. 1 - 3 .
- a silicon layer 81 is deposited over monocrystalline oxide layer 74 via MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, and the like as illustrated in FIG. 18 with a thickness of a few hundred Angstroms but preferably with a thickness of about 50 Angstroms.
- Monocrystalline oxide layer 74 preferably has a thickness of about 20 to 100 Angstroms.
- Rapid thermal annealing is then conducted in the presence of a carbon source such as acetylene or methane, for example at a temperature within a range of about 800° C. to 1000° C. to form capping layer 82 and silicate amorphous layer 86 .
- a carbon source such as acetylene or methane
- other suitable carbon sources may be used as long as the rapid thermal annealing step functions to amorphize the monocrystalline oxide layer 74 into a silicate amorphous layer 86 and carbonize the top silicon layer 81 to form capping layer 82 which in this example would be a silicon carbide (SiC) layer as illustrated in FIG. 19.
- SiC silicon carbide
- the formation of amorphous layer 86 is similar to the formation of layer 36 illustrated in FIG. 3 and may comprise any of those materials described with reference to layer 36 in FIG. 3 but the preferable material will be dependent upon the capping layer 82 used for silicon layer 81 .
- a compound semiconductor layer 96 such as gallium nitride (GaN) is grown over the SiC surface by way of MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, or the like to form a high quality compound semiconductor material for device formation. More specifically, the deposition of GaN and GaN based systems such as GaInN and AlGaN will result in the formation of dislocation nets confined at the silicon/amorphous region. For one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate nitride compounds may be used as a piezoelectric semiconductor layer. The resulting nitride containing compound semiconductor material may comprise elements from groups III, IV and V of the periodic table and is defect free.
- this embodiment of the invention possesses a one step formation of the compliant substrate containing a SiC top surface and an amorphous layer on a Si surface. More specifically, this embodiment of the invention uses an intermediate single crystal oxide layer that is amorphosized to form a silicate layer that adsorbs the strain between the layers. Moreover, unlike past use of a SiC substrate, this embodiment of the invention is not limited by wafer size, which is usually less than 50 mm in diameter for prior art SiC substrates.
- nitride containing semiconductor compounds containing group III-V nitrides and silicon devices can be used for high temperature RF applications and optoelectronics.
- GaN systems have particular use in the photonic industry for the blue/green and UV light sources and detection.
- High brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers may also be formed within the GaN system.
- FIGS. 21 - 23 schematically illustrate, in cross-section, the formation of another embodiment of a device structure in accordance with the invention.
- This embodiment includes a compliant layer that functions as a transition layer that uses clathrate or Zintl type bonding. More specifically, this embodiment utilizes an intermetallic template layer to reduce the surface energy of the interface between material layers thereby allowing for two-dimensional layer-by-layer growth.
- the structure illustrated in FIG. 21 includes a monocrystalline substrate 102 , an amorphous interface layer 108 and an accommodating buffer layer 104 .
- Amorphous interface layer 108 is formed on substrate 102 at the interface between substrate 102 and accommodating buffer layer 104 as previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
- Amorphous interface layer 108 may comprise any of those materials previously described with reference to amorphous interface layer 28 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- Substrate 102 is preferably silicon but may also comprise any of those materials previously described with reference to substrate 22 in FIGS. 1 - 3 .
- a template layer 130 is deposited over accommodating buffer layer 104 as illustrated in FIG. 22 and preferably comprises a thin layer of Zintl type phase material composed of metals and metalloids having a great deal of ionic character.
- template layer 130 is deposited by way of MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, or the like to achieve a thickness of one monolayer.
- Template layer 130 functions as a “soft” layer with non-directional bonding but high crystallinity, which absorbs stress build up between layers having lattice mismatch.
- Materials for template 130 may include, but are not limited to, materials containing Si, Ga, In, and Sb such as, for example, AlSr 2 , (MgCaYb)Ga 2 , (Ca,Sr,Eu,Yb)In 2 , BaGe 2 As, and SrSn 2 As 2
- a monocrystalline material layer 126 is epitaxially grown over template layer 130 to achieve the final structure illustrated in FIG. 23.
- an SrAl 2 layer may be used as template layer 130 and an appropriate monocrystalline material layer 126 such as a compound semiconductor material GaAs is grown over the SrAl 2 .
- the Al—Ti (from the accommodating buffer layer of layer of Sr z Ba 1-z TiO 3 where z ranges from 0 to 1) bond is mostly metallic while the Al—As (from the GaAs layer) bond is weakly covalent.
- the Sr participates in two distinct types of bonding with part of its electric charge going to the oxygen atoms in the lower accommodating buffer layer 104 comprising Sr z Ba 1-z TiO 3 to participate in ionic bonding and the other part of its valence charge being donated to Al in a way that is typically carried out with Zintl phase materials.
- the amount of the charge transfer depends on the relative electro negativity of elements comprising the template layer 130 as well as on the interatomic distance.
- Al assumes an sp 3 hybridization and can readily form bonds with monocrystalline material layer 126 , which in this example comprises compound semiconductor material GaAs.
- Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for another embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer.
- monocrystalline material layer 126 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits.
- the compliant substrate produced by use of the Zintl type template layer used in this embodiment can absorb a large strain without a significant energy cost.
- the bond strength of the Al is adjusted by changing the volume of the SrAl 2 layer thereby making the device tunable for specific applications, which include the monolithic integration of III-V and Si devices and the monolithic integration of high-k dielectric materials for CMOS technology.
- the present invention includes structures and methods for fabricating material layers that form semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits including other layers such as metal and non-metal layers. More specifically, the invention includes structures and methods for forming a compliant substrate that is used in the fabrication of semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits and the material layers suitable for fabricating those structures, devices, and integrated circuits.
- a monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor wafer can be used in forming monocrystalline material layers over the wafer.
- the wafer is essentially a “handle” wafer used during the fabrication of semiconductor electrical components within a monocrystalline layer overlying the wafer. Therefore, electrical components can be formed within semiconductor materials over a wafer of at least approximately 200 millimeters in diameter and possibly at least approximately 300 millimeters.
- a relatively inexpensive “handle” wafer overcomes the fragile nature of compound semiconductor or other monocrystalline material wafers by placing them over a relatively more durable and easy to fabricate base material. Therefore, an integrated circuit can be formed such that all electrical components, and particularly all active electronic devices, can be formed within or using the monocrystalline material layer even though the substrate itself may include a monocrystalline semiconductor material. Further, one embodiment of the invention may use the wafer as a piezoelectric wafer alone if the monocrystalline semiconductor material has piezoelectric properties.
- FIGS. 24 - 31 include illustrations of an integrated circuit formed such that it includes an optical laser, (a Vertical Cavitiy Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) for one embodiment) in a compound semiconductor portion, a photo detector (p-n junction photoreceptor), and an electro-rheological lens within the same integrated circuit.
- VCSEL Vertical Cavitiy Surface Emitting Laser
- FIG. 24 includes an illustration of a cross-section view of a portion of an integrated circuit 160 that includes a monocrystalline silicon wafer 161 .
- An amorphous intermediate layer 162 and an accommodating buffer layer 164 similar to those previously described have been formed over wafer 161 .
- Layers 162 and 164 may be subject to an annealing process as described in connection with FIG. 3, to form a single amorphous accommodating layer.
- the layers needed to form the optical laser can be formed, following the layers needed for a MOS transistor (CMOS device).
- CMOS device MOS transistor
- An additional embodiment of the invention may make the CMOS device on the initial substrate and then make the laser and photoreceptor (p-n device).
- CMOS device MOS transistor
- the lower mirror layer 166 for the VCSEL may include alternating layers of compound semiconductor materials.
- the first, third, and fifth films within the optical laser may include a material such as gallium arsenide
- the second, fourth, and sixth films within the lower mirror layer 166 may include aluminum gallium arsenide or vice versa.
- Layer 168 may include the active region that will be used for photon generation.
- Upper mirror layer 170 can be formed in a similar manner to the lower mirror layer 166 including alternating films of compound semiconductor materials.
- the upper mirror layer 170 may be of p-type doped compound semiconductor materials, and the lower mirror layer 166 may be of n-type doped compound semiconductor materials.
- Another accommodating buffer layer 172 is formed over the upper mirror layer 170 .
- the accommodating buffer layers 164 and 172 may include different materials. However, their function is essentially the same in that each is used for making a transition between a compound semiconductor layer and a monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer.
- Layer 172 may be subject to an annealing process as described above in connection with FIG. 3, to form an amorphous accommodating layer.
- a monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer 174 is formed over the accommodating buffer layer 172 .
- the monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer 174 includes germanium, silicon germanium, silicon germanium carbide, or the like.
- the MOS portion can be processed to form electrical components within the upper monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer 174 , specifically a photoreceptor 182 .
- a field isolation region 171 may be formed from a portion of layer 174 .
- a gate dielectric layer 173 can be formed over the layer 174
- a gate electrode 175 can be formed over the gate dielectric layer 173 .
- Doped regions 177 may be source, drain, or source/drain regions for the transistor 163 .
- Sidewall spacers 179 can be formed adjacent to the vertical sides of the gate electrode 175 .
- Other components can be made within at least a part of layer 174 . These other components may include transistors (n-channel or p-channel), capacitors, transistors, diodes, and the like.
- a monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown over one of the doped regions 177 .
- An upper portion 184 is P+ doped, and a lower portion 183 remains substantially intrinsic (undoped) as illustrated in FIG. 25.
- the layers 177 , 183 , and 184 can be formed using a selective epitaxial process.
- an insulating layer (not shown) is formed over the transistor 163 and the field isolation region 171 . The insulating layer is patterned to define an opening that exposes one of the doped regions 177 . At least initially, the selective epitaxial layer is formed without dopants.
- the entire selective epitaxial layer may be intrinsic, or a p-type dopant can be added near the end of the formation of the selective epitaxial layer. If the selective epitaxial layer is intrinsic, as formed, a doping step may be formed by implantation or by furnace doping. Regardless how the P+ upper portion 184 is formed, the insulating layer can be removed to form the resulting structure, the photoreceptor 182 .
- the photovoltaic elements for the photoreceptor 182 are photoelectric conversion elements for converting light to electric energy.
- the photovoltaic elements comprise a layer of semiconductor material having a bandgap (energy difference from the top of the valence band to the bottom of the conduction band) the same as or less than the corresponding energy of incoming photons (i.e., light) that are to be converted to electrical energy.
- a rectifying (p-n) junction is formed adjacent the upper surface of the layer of semiconductor material in order that electrical carriers generated adjacent such surface by incoming photons may be captured before recombination so that they provide a potential difference across the layer which is capable of supplying electrical output energy.
- Electrical contacts are provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the layer to provide a means of conducting current from the layer.
- the next set of steps is performed to define the optical laser 180 as illustrated in FIG. 26.
- the field isolation region 171 and the accommodating buffer layer 172 are removed over the compound semiconductor portion of the integrated circuit. Additional steps are performed to define the upper mirror layer 170 and active layer 168 of the optical laser 180 .
- the sides of the upper mirror layer 170 and active layer 168 are substantially coterminous.
- Contacts 186 and 188 are formed for making electrical contact to the upper mirror layer 170 and the lower mirror layer 166 , respectively, as shown in FIG. 26.
- Contact 186 has an annular shape to allow light (photons) to pass out of the upper mirror layer 170 into a subsequently formed optical waveguide.
- An insulating layer 190 may be formed and patterned to define optical openings (optical aperatures) 192 extending to the contact layer 186 and one of the doped regions 177 as shown in FIG. 27.
- the insulating material can be any number of different dielectric materials, including an oxide, nitride, oxynitride, organic polymer, polyimide or any combination thereof.
- a higher refractive index material 202 can be formed within the openings to fill them and to deposit the layer over the insulating layer 190 further illustrated in FIG. 27.
- “higher” is in relation to the material of the insulating layer 190 (i.e., material 202 has a higher refractive index compared to the insulating layer 190 ).
- a relatively thin lower refractive index film (not shown) could be formed before forming the higher refractive index material 202 .
- other types of lasers 180 may be formed for use.
- another type of laser can emit light (photons) horizontally instead of vertically. If light is emitted horizontally, the photoreceptor 182 could be formed within the substrate 161 , and the optical waveguides 192 would be reconfigured, so that the laser 180 is properly coupled (optically connected) to the transistor.
- the optical waveguide can include at least a portion of the accommodating buffer layer 168 .
- alternative embodiments of the invention may provide the optical transmitter component to be an alternate light generating semiconductor device, such as a photo emitter, a diode, etc.
- the optical detector (photoreceptor) 182 component may be another light-sensitive semiconductor junction device, such as a photodiode, a bipolar junction, a transistor, etc.
- a conductive material 281 of the invention may require electrodes constructed with or affixed to the surface of the insulating material 190 and the refractive index material 202 in a manner that is known in the art.
- a first conductive element (or electrode) 281 may be formed of a conductive transparent oxide, such as indium tin oxide (ITO). As shown in FIG. 27, the conductive material 281 is formed with a concave indent to provide for a convex surface for electro-rheological materials.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- FIG. 28 illustrates the insulation layer 190 being added to cover the applied conductive material 281 .
- the new layer can again be formed to extend the optical aperture 192 .
- additional conductive material 321 may be placed in a manor previously described.
- the conductive material 321 can be formed to size and shape by any suitable conventional technique to act as one or more conductive retaining rings. Conductive material 321 can be formed with a hole in their centers smaller than the optical aperature 192 or without a hole.
- the insulating material 190 may again be formed over the optical apertures 192 and conductive material 321 as illustrated in FIG. 29.
- the thickness of the resulting insulating material 190 may be predefined to provide for an optimal focal point from the center of the divot in the conductive material 281 , to the center of a fiber optic cable 333 , illustrated in FIG. 30 as seated 329 within the formed insulated material 190 .
- the layer of insulated material 190 can again be formed to extend the optical aperture 192 .
- an electro-rheological material may be injected or deposited in some like fashion, to form an electro-rheological lens 405 .
- the electro-rheological lens 405 is for this embodiment of the invention, constricted in a cylindrical housing with a convex side affixed to the conductive material 281 , and a variable surface capable of protruding through the opening in the conductive material 321 . It is the variable surface capabilities of electro-rheological materials that make this an optical structure capable of altering the focal point of the electro-rheological lens 405 optical apertures 192 .
- the conductive material 281 and 321 may be optically pure and transparent, and there is need to apply an electric field to the electro-rheological lens 405 to activate its components.
- the previously mentioned ITO is vapor deposited.
- the electro-rheological lens 405 can be comprised of gels, pastes, or liquids.
- the electro-rheological material consists of three components: (1) a hydrophobic material (e.g., gels, pastes, liquids, or the like); (2) a dispersed particulate phase; (3) a low molecular weight polar activating material in an amount suitable to modify the electro-rheological activity of the dispersed particulate phase.
- examples of hydrophobic materials can include silicones, hydrocarbon materials, aromatic materials, paraffin hydrocarbons, naphthalene hydrocarbons, olefin hydrocarbons, chlorinated paraffins, synthetic esters, hydrogenated olefin oligomers, alkylene oxide polymers and derivatives (e.g., terminal hydroxyl groups that have been modified by esterification, etherification, etc.), and mixtures of the aforementioned materials.
- the choice of the hydrophobic material will depend largely on practical considerations including compatibility of the material with other components of the system and the intended utility of the ER material.
- the second phase of dispersed particulates can include both those materials that are believed to require a low molecular weight polar material for their ER activity, as well as those that exhibits such activity even in the absence of a low molecular weight polar material.
- Dispersed particulate inorganic materials can include semiconductors (based on silicon, germanium, and so on), chromic oxide, germanium sulfide, ceramics, copper sulfide, carbon particles, silica gel, magnesium silicate, alumina, silica-alumina, pyrogenic silica, zeolites, and the like.
- Dispersed particulate organic materials can include organic semiconductive polymers, polarizable polymers, or polyelectrolytes, such as oxidized or pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, polyacene quinones, polypyrroles, polyphenylenes, polyphenylene oxides, polyphenylene sulfides, polyacetylenes, polyphenothiazines, polyimidazoles, and preferably polyaniline, substituted polyanilines, and aniline copolymers.
- Compositions of the above and related materials, treated or doped with various additives including acids, bases, metals, halogens, sulfur, sulfur halides, sulfur oxide, and hydrocarbyl halides can also be employed.
- ferroelectric materials Another category is the class of ferroelectric materials.
- the most typical of such materials is barium titanate; others include monobasic potassium phosphate, potassium-sodium tartrate, tantalates, niobates, tungstates, and perovskites, and the guanidine compounds.
- the particles can be in the form of powders, fibers, spheres, hollow spheres, rods, core-shell structures, agglomerated particles, etc.
- the size may not be particularly critical, but generally particles having average diameters of 0.25 to 100 ⁇ m are suitable. The largest particles should normally be no larger than one-third of the gap between the electrode elements in the ER device.
- the third component of the electro-rheological lens, the polar activating materials can include water, amines (e.g. ethanolamine and ethylenediamine), amides, nitrites, alcohols, polyhydroxy compounds (e.g. ethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol), low molecular weight esters, and ketones.
- amines e.g. ethanolamine and ethylenediamine
- amides, nitrites e.g. ethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol
- low molecular weight esters e.g. ethyl acetate
- the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 30 identifies an optical semiconductor capable of providing a continuously variable transmission and received optic signal.
- An alternative embodiment may additionally provide for the use of micro-optics to further enhance the capabilities of the electro-rheological lens 405 .
- Also incorporated may be at least one additional electro-rheological lens to aid in signal multiplexing or aperture corrections.
- FIG. 31 is an example of the functionality of an electro-rheological lens in communication with an optical transmitter 180 , and a photoreceptor 182 .
- the optical transmitter 180 issues a pulse 386 directed through the optical aperture 192 to the electro-rheological lens 405 .
- a field of varying levels can be placed to alter the focal point of the electro-rheological lens 405 to the fiber optic cable 333 .
- the refined signal 387 is sent on its path through the fiber optic cable 333 .
- the fiber optic cable transmits a signal 386 through the optical aperture 192 to the electro-rheological lens 405 .
- a field can be placed of varying levels to alter the focal point from the electro-rheological lens 405 , to the receiver 182 .
- the altered signal focal point can be illustrated as signal 387 or FIG. 31.
- FIG. 32 Illustrated by FIG. 32, is one embodiment of a process for fabricating an optical semiconductor structure with a electro-rheological lens in accordance with the invention.
- a monocrystalline silicon substrate is provided 410 as a base for fabrication of the semiconductor structure.
- the monocrystalline silicon substrate can be for example, a monocrystalline silicon substrate as is commonly used in making complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits having a diameter of about 200-300 mm.
- CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor
- a monocrystalline perovskite oxide film can be deposited 420 overlying the monocrystalline silicon substrate, the film having a thickness less than a thickness of the material that would result in strain-induced defects.
- the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film may be used by one embodiment of the invention as a buffer layer, and may be epitaxially grown on the underlying substrate.
- the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film can have a thickness of about 2 to about 100 nanometers (nm) and preferably has a thickness of about 5 nm.
- nm nanometers
- an amorphous oxide interface layer can be formed 430 between the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the growing monocrystalline perovskite oxide film by the oxidation of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film during its growth.
- the amorphous oxide interface layer can have a thickness of about 0.5-5 nm, and preferably a thickness of about 1 to 2 nm.
- the purpose of the amorphous oxide interface layer is to relieve strain that might otherwise occur in the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film because of differences in the lattice constants of the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film.
- the strain may cause defects in the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film. Defects in the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film, would make it difficult to achieve a high quality crystalline structure in any subsequent materials.
- a monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may then be formed 440 overlying the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film.
- the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may comprise a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, a piezoelectric material, or another type of material such as a metal or a nonmetal and may or may not have piezoelectric properties.
- the material can be selected as desired, for a particular structure or application.
- the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may be selected, as needed for a particular semiconductor structure, from any of the Group IIIA and VA elements (III-V semiconductor compounds), mixed III-V compounds, Group II(A or B) and VIA elements (II-VI semiconductor compounds), and mixed II-VI compounds.
- Examples include gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium indium arsenide (GaInAs), gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs), indium phosphide (InP), cadmium sulfide (CdS), cadmium mercury telluride (CdHgTe), zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe), and the like.
- Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer.
- the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits.
- An optical semiconductor device may be formed over the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer in a manor as has been described.
- the optical semiconductor device may be an optical transmitter while for another embodiment of the invention, a photoreceptor may be formed.
- An insulating material may be deposited to provide for optical amplitude, waveguide functionality, as well as spacing to approximate a preferred focal length between the electro-rheological lens and a fiber optic cable or a photoreceptor 460 .
- a conductive material may be placed in communication with the electro-rheological lens to provide a communication with a controlling processor and the electro-rheological lens 470 .
- the final process may provide for the electro-rheological lens material to be inserted into its preferred position within the optical semiconductor structure 480 .
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- This invention relates generally to semiconductor structures and devices and to methods for their fabrication, and more specifically, to semiconductor structures, devices, and integrated circuits capable of optical communication.
- Semiconductor devices often include multiple layers of conductive, insulating, and semiconductive layers. Often, the desirable properties of such layers improve with the crystallinity of the layer. For example, the electron mobility and band gap of semiconductive layers improves as the crystallinity of the layer increases. Similarly, the free electron concentration of conductive layers and the electron charge displacement and electron energy recoverability of insulative or dielectric films improves as the crystallinity of these layers increases.
- For many years, attempts have been made to grow various monolithic thin films on a foreign substrate such as silicon (Si). To achieve optimal characteristics of the various monolithic layers, however, a monocrystalline film of high crystalline quality is desired. Attempts have been made, for example, to grow various monocrystalline layers on a substrate such as germanium, silicon, and various insulators. These attempts have generally been unsuccessful because lattice mismatches between the host crystal and the grown crystal have caused the resulting layer of monocrystalline material to be of low crystalline quality.
- If a large area thin film of high quality monocrystalline material was available at low cost, a variety of semiconductor devices could advantageously be fabricated in or of that film. In addition, if a thin film of high quality monocrystalline material could be realized beginning with a bulk wafer such as a silicon wafer, an integrated device structure such as communication circuits could be achieved that took advantage of the best properties of both the silicon and the high quality monocrystalline material.
- Correspondingly, communication circuits, networks and devices are being required to handle ever-increasing number of application such as desktop video-conferencing, interactive TV, supercomputer interconnection, and telemedicine applications. The increasing number of users who will use these applications may require ultra-high total network throughputs ranging from several hundreds of gigabits per second (Gb/s) to perhaps even several terabits per second (Tb/s). To meet these requirements, advanced optical communications networks and devices will need to be capable of transmitting, receiving, multiplexing, and de-multiplexing at increased speeds and baud rates.
- Fiber optic networks and devices can operate at speeds up to 2.5 Gb/s making fiber optic devices one of the best solutions to the increasing demand for speed and bandwidth. Speed and bandwidth of fiber optic semiconductor structures, specifically transmitters and receivers, can be limited by the loss of signal from coupling between the fiber and the structure. The loss of signal can be from the light source no longer being optimally focused on the fiber end. Wide varieties of lenses are available for laser to fiber couplers to aid in preventing the signal attenuation. Aspheric, achromat, anplanoconvex, and biconvex are to name but a few however, the optical throughput in a lens system remains constricted due to their fixed focal lengths and variable locations of the fiber end.
- Accordingly, a need exists for a semiconductor structure that provides a high quality monocrystalline film or layer suitable for fabricating optical components such as those listed above. In other words, there is a need for providing the formation of a monocrystalline substrate that is compliant with a high quality monocrystalline material layer so that true two-dimensional growth can be achieved for the formation of quality semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits having grown monocrystalline film having the same crystal orientation as an underlying substrate. This monocrystalline material layer may be comprised of a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, and other types of material such as metals and non-metals. Further, there is a need for optical components to be created and integrated together utilizing such a semiconductor structure.
- The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the accompanying figures, in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which:
- FIGS. 1, 2, and3 illustrate schematically, in cross section, device structures suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention;
- FIG. 4 illustrates graphically the relationship between maximum attainable film thickness and lattice mismatch between a host crystal and a grown crystalline overlayer;
- FIG. 5 illustrates a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph of a structure including a monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer;
- FIG. 6 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum of a structure including a monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer;
- FIG. 7 illustrates a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph of a structure including an amorphous oxide layer;
- FIG. 8 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum of a structure including an amorphous oxide layer;
- FIGS.9-12 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention;
- FIGS.13-16 illustrate a probable molecular bonding structure of the device structures illustrated in FIGS. 9-12;
- FIGS.17-20 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention;
- FIGS.21-26 illustrate schematically, in cross-section, the formation of a device structure suitable for fabricating optical devices, in accordance with the invention;
- FIGS.27-31 illustrate cross-sectional views of a various stages of the formation of an integrated circuit that includes a semiconductor laser, optical receiver, and electro-rheological lens in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and
- FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating a method of fabricating an integrated optical device in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.
- Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates schematically, in cross-section, a portion of a
semiconductor structure 20 suitable for fabricating optical devices.Semiconductor structure 20 includes amonocrystalline substrate 22,accommodating buffer layer 24 comprising a monocrystalline material, and amonocrystalline material layer 26. In this context, the term “monocrystalline” shall have the meaning commonly used within the semiconductor industry. The term shall refer to materials that are a single crystal or that are substantially a single crystal and shall include those materials having a relatively small number of defects such as dislocations and the like as are commonly found in substrates of silicon or germanium or mixtures of silicon and germanium and epitaxial layers of such materials commonly found in the semiconductor industry. - In accordance with one embodiment of the invention,
structure 20 also includes an amorphousintermediate layer 28 positioned betweensubstrate 22 and accommodatingbuffer layer 24.Structure 20 may also include atemplate layer 30 between the accommodating buffer layer andmonocrystalline material layer 26. As will be explained more fully below, the template layer helps to initiate the growth of the monocrystalline material layer on the accommodating buffer layer. The amorphous intermediate layer helps to relieve the strain in the accommodating buffer layer and by doing so, aids in the growth of a high crystalline quality accommodating buffer layer. -
Substrate 22, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, is a monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor wafer, preferably of large diameter. The wafer can be of, for example, a material from Group IV of the periodic table. Examples of Group IV semiconductor materials include silicon, germanium, mixed silicon and germanium, mixed silicon and carbon, mixed silicon, germanium and carbon, and the like. Preferablysubstrate 22 is a wafer containing silicon or germanium, and most preferably is a high quality monocrystalline silicon wafer as used in the semiconductor industry. Accommodatingbuffer layer 24 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide or nitride material epitaxially grown on the underlying substrate. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, amorphousintermediate layer 28 is grown onsubstrate 22 at the interface betweensubstrate 22 and the growing accommodating buffer layer by the oxidation ofsubstrate 22 during the growth oflayer 24. The amorphous intermediate layer serves to relieve strain that might otherwise occur in the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer as a result of differences in the lattice constants of the substrate and the buffer layer. As used herein, lattice constant refers to the distance between atoms of a cell measured in the plane of the surface. If such strain is not relieved by the amorphous intermediate layer, the strain may cause defects in the crystalline structure of the accommodating buffer layer. Defects in the crystalline structure of the accommodating buffer layer, would make it difficult to achieve a high quality crystalline structure inmonocrystalline material layer 26 which may comprise a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, a piezoelectric material, or another type of material such as a metal or a non-metal and may or may not have piezoelectric properties. - Accommodating
buffer layer 24 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide or nitride material selected for its crystalline compatibility with the underlying substrate and with the overlying material layer. For example, the material could be an oxide or nitride having a lattice structure closely matched to the substrate and to the subsequently applied monocrystalline material layer. Materials that are suitable for the accommodating buffer layer include metal oxides such as the alkaline earth metal titanates, alkaline earth metal zirconates, alkaline earth metal hafnates, alkaline earth metal tantalates, alkaline earth metal ruthenates, alkaline earth metal niobates, alkaline earth metal vanadates, alkaline earth metal tin-based perovskites, lanthanum aluminate, lanthanum scandium oxide, and gadolinium oxide. Additionally, various nitrides such as gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, and boron nitride may also be used for the accommodating buffer layer. Most of these materials are insulators, although strontium ruthenate, for example, is a conductor. Generally, these materials are metal oxides or metal nitrides, and more particularly, these metal oxide or nitrides typically include at least two different metallic elements. In some specific applications, the metal oxides or nitrides may include three or more different metallic elements. -
Amorphous interface layer 28 is preferably an oxide formed by the oxidation of the surface ofsubstrate 22, and more preferably is composed of a silicon oxide. The thickness oflayer 28 is sufficient to relieve strain attributed to mismatches between the lattice constants ofsubstrate 22 andaccommodating buffer layer 24. Typically,layer 28 has a thickness in the range of approximately 0.5-5 nm. - The material for
monocrystalline material layer 26 can be selected, as desired, for a particular structure or application. For example, the monocrystalline material oflayer 26 may comprise a compound semiconductor which can be selected, as needed for a particular semiconductor structure, from any of the Group IIIA and VA elements (III-V semiconductor compounds), mixed III-V compounds, Group II (A or B) and VIA elements (II-VI semiconductor compounds), and mixed II-VI compounds. Examples include gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium indium arsenide (GaInAs), gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs), indium phosphide (InP), cadmium sulfide (CdS), cadmium mercury telluride (CdHgTe), zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe), and the like. Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer. However,monocrystalline material layer 26 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits. - Appropriate materials for
template 30 are discussed below. Suitable template materials chemically bond to the surface of theaccommodating buffer layer 24 at selected sites and provide sites for the nucleation of the epitaxial growth ofmonocrystalline material layer 26. When used,template layer 30 has a thickness ranging from about 1 to about 10 monolayers. - FIG. 2 illustrates, in cross-section, a portion of a
semiconductor structure 40 in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.Structure 40 is similar to the previously describedsemiconductor structure 20, except that anadditional buffer layer 32 is positioned betweenaccommodating buffer layer 24 andmonocrystalline material layer 26. Specifically, the additional buffer layer is positioned betweentemplate layer 30 and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material. The additional buffer layer, formed of a semiconductor or compound semiconductor material when themonocrystalline material layer 26 comprises a semiconductor or compound semiconductor material, serves to provide a lattice compensation when the lattice constant of the accommodating buffer layer cannot be adequately matched to the overlying monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor material layer. - FIG. 3 schematically illustrates, in cross-section, a portion of a
semiconductor structure 34 in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the invention.Structure 34 is similar tostructure 20, except thatstructure 34 includes anamorphous layer 36, rather than accommodatingbuffer layer 24 andamorphous interface layer 28, and an additionalmonocrystalline layer 38. - As explained in greater detail below,
amorphous layer 36 may be formed by first forming an accommodating buffer layer and an amorphous interface layer in a similar manner to that described above.Monocrystalline layer 38 is then formed (by epitaxial growth) overlying the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer. The accommodating buffer layer is then exposed to an anneal process to convert the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer to an amorphous layer.Amorphous layer 36 formed in this manner comprises materials from both the accommodating buffer and interface layers, which amorphous layers may or may not amalgamate. Thus,layer 36 may comprise one or two amorphous layers. Formation ofamorphous layer 36 betweensubstrate 22 and additional monocrystalline layer 26 (subsequent to layer 38 formation) relieves stresses betweenlayers monocrystalline material layer 26 formation. - The processes previously described above in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2 are adequate for growing monocrystalline material layers over a monocrystalline substrate. However, the process described in connection with FIG. 3, which includes transforming a monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer to an amorphous oxide layer, may be better for growing monocrystalline material layers because it allows any strain in
layer 26 to relax. - Additional
monocrystalline layer 38 may include any of the materials described throughout this application in connection with either ofmonocrystalline material layer 26 oradditional buffer layer 32. For example, whenmonocrystalline material layer 26 comprises a semiconductor or compound semiconductor material,layer 38 may include monocrystalline Group IV or monocrystalline compound semiconductor materials. - In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, additional
monocrystalline layer 38 serves as an anneal cap duringlayer 36 formation and as a template for subsequentmonocrystalline layer 26 formation. Accordingly,layer 38 is preferably thick enough to provide a suitable template forlayer 26 growth (at least one monolayer) and thin enough to allowlayer 38 to form as a substantially defect free monocrystalline material. - In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, additional
monocrystalline layer 38 comprises monocrystalline material (e.g., a material discussed above in connection with monocrystalline layer 26) that is thick enough to form devices withinlayer 38. In this case, a semiconductor structure in accordance with the present invention does not includemonocrystalline material layer 26. In other words, the semiconductor structure in accordance with this embodiment only includes one monocrystalline layer disposed aboveamorphous oxide layer 36. - The following non-limiting examples illustrate various combinations of materials useful in
structures - In accordance with one embodiment of the invention,
monocrystalline substrate 22 is a silicon substrate oriented in the (100) direction. The silicon substrate can be, for example, a silicon substrate as is commonly used in making complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits having a diameter of about 200-300 mm. In accordance with this embodiment of the invention,accommodating buffer layer 24 is a monocrystalline layer of SrzBa1-zTiO3 where z ranges from 0 to 1 and the amorphous intermediate layer is a layer of silicon oxide (SiOx) formed at the interface between the silicon substrate and the accommodating buffer layer. The value of z is selected to obtain one or more lattice constants closely matched to corresponding lattice constants of the subsequently formedlayer 26. The accommodating buffer layer can have a thickness of about 2 to about 100 nanometers (nm) and preferably has a thickness of about 5 nm. In general, it is desired to have an accommodating buffer layer thick enough to isolate the monocrystalline material layer 26 (because the fact that it is a compound semiconductor material is not stated until line 21); from the substrate to obtain the desired electrical and optical properties. Layers thicker than 100 nm usually provide little additional benefit while increasing cost unnecessarily; however, thicker layers may be fabricated if needed. The amorphous intermediate layer of silicon oxide can have a thickness of about 0.5-5 nm, and preferably a thickness of about 1 to 2 nm. - In accordance with this embodiment of the invention,
monocrystalline material layer 26 is a compound semiconductor layer of gallium arsenide (GaAs) or aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) having a thickness of about 1 nm to about 100 micrometers (μm) and preferably a thickness of about 0.5 μm to 10 μm. The thickness generally depends on the application for which the layer is being prepared. For another embodiment of the invention requiring piezoelectric compounds, themonocrystalline material layer 26 may be a compound semiconductor layer of gallium arsenide (GaAs) or aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) having a thickness of about 5 μm to 125 μm, and a preferable thickness between 75 μm and 100 μm. - To facilitate the epitaxial growth of the gallium arsenide or aluminum gallium arsenide on the monocrystalline oxide, a template layer is formed by capping the oxide layer. The template layer is preferably 1-10 monolayers of Ti—As, Sr—O—As, Sr—Ga—O, or Sr—Al—O. By way of a preferred example, 1-2 monolayers of Ti—As or Sr—Ga—O have been illustrated to successfully grow GaAs layers.
- In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention,
monocrystalline substrate 22 is a silicon substrate as described above. The accommodating buffer layer is a monocrystalline oxide of strontium or barium zirconate or hafnate in a cubic or orthorhombic phase with an amorphous intermediate layer of silicon oxide formed at the interface between the silicon substrate and the accommodating buffer layer. The accommodating buffer layer can have a thickness of about 2-100 nm and preferably has a thickness of at least 5 nm to ensure adequate crystalline and surface quality and is formed of a monocrystalline SrZrO3, BaZrO3, SrHfO3, BaSnO3 or BaHfO3. For example, a monocrystalline oxide layer of BaZrO3 can grow at a temperature of about 700 degrees C. The lattice structure of the resulting crystalline oxide exhibits a 45-degree rotation with respect to the substrate silicon lattice structure. - An accommodating buffer layer formed of these zirconate or hafnate materials is suitable for the growth of a monocrystalline material layer that comprises compound semiconductor materials in the indium phosphide (InP) system. In this system, the compound semiconductor material can be, for example, indium phosphide (InP), indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), aluminum indium arsenide, (AlInAs), or aluminum gallium indium arsenic phosphide (AlGaInAsP), having a thickness of about 1.0 nm to 10 μm. A suitable template for this structure is 1-10 monolayers of zirconium-arsenic (Zr—As), zirconium-phosphorus (Zr—P), hafnium-arsenic (Hf—As), hafnium-phosphorus (Hf—P), strontium-oxygen-arsenic (Sr—O—As), strontium-oxygen-phosphorus (Sr—O—P), barium-oxygen-arsenic (Ba—O—As), indium-strontium-oxygen (In—Sr—O), or barium-oxygen-phosphorus (Ba—O—P), and preferably 1-2 monolayers of one of these materials. By way of an example, for a barium zirconate accommodating buffer layer, the surface is terminated with 1-2 monolayers of zirconium followed by deposition of 1-2 monolayers of arsenic to form a Zr—As template. A monocrystalline layer of the compound semiconductor material from the indium phosphide system is then grown on the template layer. The resulting lattice structure of the compound semiconductor material exhibits a 45-degree rotation with respect to the accommodating buffer layer lattice structure and a lattice mismatch to (100) InP of less than 2.5%, and preferably less than about 1.0%.
- In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention, a structure is provided that is suitable for the growth of an epitaxial film of a monocrystalline material comprising a II-VI material overlying a silicon substrate. The substrate is preferably a silicon wafer as described above. A suitable accommodating buffer layer material is SrxBa1-xTiO3, where x ranges from 0 to 1, having a thickness of about 2-100 nm and preferably a thickness of about 5-15 nm. Where the monocrystalline layer comprises a compound semiconductor material, the II-VI compound semiconductor material can be, for example, zinc selenide (ZnSe) or zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe). A suitable template for this material system includes 1-10 monolayers of zinc-oxygen (Zn—O) followed by 1-2 monolayers of an excess of zinc followed by the selenidation of zinc on the surface. Alternatively, a template can be, for example, 1-10 monolayers of strontium-sulfur (Sr—S) followed by the ZnSeS.
- This embodiment of the invention is an example of
structure 40 illustrated in FIG. 2.Substrate 22,accommodating buffer layer 24, andmonocrystalline material layer 26 can be similar to those described in example 1. In addition, anadditional buffer layer 32 serves to alleviate any strains that might result from a mismatch of the crystal lattice of the accommodating buffer layer and the lattice of the monocrystalline material.Buffer layer 32 can be a layer of germanium or a gallium arsenide GaAs, an aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP), an aluminum gallium phosphide (AlGaP), an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), an aluminum indium phosphide (AlInP), a gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP), or an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) strain compensated superlattice. In accordance with one aspect of this embodiment,buffer layer 32 includes a GaAsxP1-x superlattice, wherein the value of x ranges from 0 to 1. In accordance with another aspect,buffer layer 32 includes an InyGa1-yP superlattice, wherein the value of y ranges from 0 to 1. By varying the value of x or y, as the case may be, the lattice constant is varied from bottom to top across the superlattice to create a match between lattice constants of the underlying oxide and the overlying monocrystalline material which in this example is a compound semiconductor material. The compositions of other compound semiconductor materials, such as those listed above, may also be similarly varied to manipulate the lattice constant oflayer 32 in a like manner. The superlattice can have a thickness of about 50-500 nm and preferably has a thickness of about 100-200 nm. The template for this structure can be the same of that described in example 1. Alternatively,buffer layer 32 can be a layer of monocrystalline germanium having a thickness of 1-50 nm and preferably having a thickness of about 2-20 nm. In using a germanium buffer layer, a template layer of either germanium-strontium (Ge—Sr) or germanium-titanium (Ge—Ti) having a thickness of about one monolayer can be used as a nucleating site for the subsequent growth of the monocrystalline material layer which in this example is a compound semiconductor material. The formation of the oxide layer is capped with either a monolayer of strontium or a monolayer of titanium to act as a nucleating site for the subsequent deposition of the monocrystalline germanium. The monolayer of strontium or titanium provides a nucleating site to which the first monolayer of germanium can bond. - This example also illustrates materials useful in a
structure 40 as illustrated in FIG. 2.Substrate material 22,accommodating buffer layer 24,monocrystalline material layer 26 andtemplate layer 30 can be the same as those described above in example 2. In addition,additional buffer layer 32 is inserted between the accommodating buffer layer and the overlying monocrystalline material layer. The buffer layer, a further monocrystalline material that in this instance comprises a semiconductor material, can be a graded layer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) or indium aluminum arsenide (InAlAs). In accordance with one aspect of this embodiment,additional buffer layer 32 includes InGaAs in which the indium composition varies from 0 to about 50%. Theadditional buffer layer 32 preferably has a thickness of about 10-30 nm. Varying the composition of the buffer layer from GaAs to InGaAs serves to provide a lattice match between the underlying monocrystalline oxide material and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material that in this example is a compound semiconductor material. Such a buffer layer is especially advantageous if there is a lattice mismatch betweenaccommodating buffer layer 24 andmonocrystalline material layer 26. - This example provides exemplary materials useful in
structure 34, as illustrated in FIG. 3.Substrate material 22,template layer 30, andmonocrystalline material layer 26 may be the same as those described above in connection with example 1. -
Amorphous layer 36 is an amorphous oxide layer that is suitably formed of a combination of amorphous intermediate layer materials (e.g.,layer 28 materials as described above) and accommodating buffer layer materials (e.g.,layer 24 materials as described above). For example,amorphous layer 36 may include a combination of SiOx and SrzBa1-zTiO3 (where z ranges from 0 to 1), which combine or mix, at least partially, during an anneal process to formamorphous oxide layer 36. - The thickness of
amorphous layer 36 may vary from application to application and may depend on such factors as desired insulating properties oflayer 36, type of monocrystallinematerial comprising layer 26, and the like. In accordance with one exemplary aspect of the present embodiment,layer 36 thickness is about 2 nm to about 100 nm, preferably about 2-10 nm, and more preferably about 5-6 nm. -
Layer 38 comprises a monocrystalline material that can be grown epitaxially over a monocrystalline oxide material such as material used to formaccommodating buffer layer 24. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention,layer 38 includes the same materials as those comprisinglayer 26. For example, iflayer 26 includes GaAs,layer 38 also includes GaAs. However, in accordance with other embodiments of the present invention,layer 38 may include materials different from those used to formlayer 26. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the invention,layer 38 is about 1 monolayer to about 100 nm thick. - Referring again to FIGS.1-3,
substrate 22 is a monocrystalline substrate such as monocrystalline silicon or gallium arsenide substrate. The crystalline structure of the monocrystalline substrate is characterized by a lattice constant and by a lattice orientation. In similar manner,accommodating buffer layer 24 is also a monocrystalline material and the lattice of that monocrystalline material is characterized by a lattice constant and a crystal orientation. The lattice constants of the accommodating buffer layer and the monocrystalline substrate must be closely matched or, alternatively, must be such that upon rotation of one crystal orientation with respect to the other crystal orientation, a substantial match in lattice constants is achieved. In this context, the terms “substantially equal” and “substantially matched” mean that there is sufficient similarity between the lattice constants to permit the growth of a high quality crystalline layer on the underlying layer. - FIG. 4 illustrates graphically the relationship of the achievable thickness of a grown crystal layer of high crystalline quality as a function of the mismatch between the lattice constants of the host crystal and the grown crystal.
Curve 42 illustrates the boundary of high crystalline quality material. The area to the right ofcurve 42 represents layers that have a large number of defects. With no lattice mismatch, it is theoretically possible to grow an infinitely thick, high quality epitaxial layer on the host crystal. As the mismatch in lattice constants increases, the thickness of achievable, high quality crystalline layer decreases rapidly. As a reference point, for example, if the lattice constants between the host crystal and the grown layer are mismatched by more than about 2%, monocrystalline epitaxial layers in excess of about 20 nm cannot be achieved. - In accordance with one embodiment of the invention,
substrate 22 is a (100) or (111) oriented monocrystalline silicon wafer andaccommodating buffer layer 24 is a layer of strontium barium titanate. Substantial matching of lattice constants between these two materials is achieved by rotating the crystal orientation of the titanate material by 45° with respect to the crystal orientation of the silicon substrate wafer. The inclusion in the structure ofamorphous interface layer 28, a silicon oxide layer in this example, if it is of sufficient thickness, serves to reduce strain in the titanate monocrystalline layer that might result from any mismatch in the lattice constants of the host silicon wafer and the grown titanate layer. As a result, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a high quality, thick, monocrystalline titanate layer is achievable. - Still referring to FIGS.1-3,
layer 26 is a layer of epitaxially grown monocrystalline material and that crystalline material is also characterized by a crystal lattice constant and a crystal orientation. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the lattice constant oflayer 26 differs from the lattice constant ofsubstrate 22. To achieve high crystalline quality in this epitaxially grown monocrystalline layer, the accommodating buffer layer must be of high crystalline quality. In addition, in order to achieve high crystalline quality inlayer 26, substantial matching between the crystal lattice constant of the host crystal, in this case, the monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer, and the grown crystal is desired. With properly selected materials this substantial matching of lattice constants is achieved as a result of rotation of the crystal orientation of the grown crystal with respect to the orientation of the host crystal. For example, if the grown crystal is gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide, zinc selenide, or zinc sulfur selenide and the accommodating buffer layer is monocrystalline SrxBa1-xTiO3, substantial matching of crystal lattice constants of the two materials is achieved, wherein the crystal orientation of the grown layer is rotated by 45° with respect to the orientation of the host monocrystalline oxide. Similarly, if the host material is a strontium or barium zirconate or a strontium or barium hafnate or barium tin oxide and the compound semiconductor layer is indium phosphide or gallium indium arsenide or aluminum indium arsenide, substantial matching of crystal lattice constants can be achieved by rotating the orientation of the grown crystal layer by 45° with respect to the host oxide crystal. In some instances, a crystalline semiconductor buffer layer between the host oxide and the grown monocrystalline material layer can be used to reduce strain in the grown monocrystalline material layer that might result from small differences in lattice constants. Better crystalline quality in the grown monocrystalline material layer can thereby be achieved. - The following example illustrates a process, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, for fabricating a semiconductor structure such as the structures depicted in FIGS.1-3. The process starts by providing a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate comprising silicon or germanium. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the semiconductor substrate is a silicon wafer having a (100) orientation. The substrate is preferably oriented on axis or, at most, about 4° off axis. At least a portion of the semiconductor substrate has a bare surface, although other portions of the substrate, as described below, may encompass other structures. The term “bare” in this context means that the surface in the portion of the substrate has been cleaned to remove any oxides, contaminants, or other foreign material. As is well known, bare silicon is highly reactive and readily forms a native oxide. The term “bare” is intended to encompass such a native oxide. A thin silicon oxide may also be intentionally grown on the semiconductor substrate, although such a grown oxide is not essential to the process in accordance with the invention. In order to epitaxially grow a monocrystalline oxide layer overlying the monocrystalline substrate, the native oxide layer must first be removed to expose the crystalline structure of the underlying substrate. The following process is preferably carried out by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), although other epitaxial processes may also be used in accordance with the present invention. The native oxide can be removed by first thermally depositing a thin layer of strontium, barium, a combination of strontium and barium, or other alkaline earth metals or combinations of alkaline earth metals in an MBE apparatus. In the case where strontium is used, the substrate is then heated to a temperature of about 750° C. to cause the strontium to react with the native silicon oxide layer. The strontium serves to reduce the silicon oxide to leave a silicon oxide-free surface. The resultant surface, which exhibits an ordered 2×1 structure, includes strontium, oxygen, and silicon. The ordered 2×1 structure forms a template for the ordered growth of an overlying layer of a monocrystalline oxide. The template provides the necessary chemical and physical properties to nucleate the crystalline growth of an overlying layer.
- In accordance with an alternate embodiment of the invention, the native silicon oxide can be converted and the substrate surface can be prepared for the growth of a monocrystalline oxide layer by depositing an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as strontium oxide, strontium barium oxide, or barium oxide, onto the substrate surface by MBE at a low temperature and by subsequently heating the structure to a temperature of about 750° C. At this temperature, a solid state reaction takes place between the strontium oxide and the native silicon oxide causing the reduction of the native silicon oxide and leaving an ordered 2×1 structure with strontium, oxygen, and silicon remaining on the substrate surface. Again, this forms a template for the subsequent growth of an ordered monocrystalline oxide layer.
- Following the removal of the silicon oxide from the surface of the substrate, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the substrate is cooled to a temperature in the range of about 200-800° C. and a layer of strontium titanate is grown on the template layer by molecular beam epitaxy. The MBE process is initiated by opening shutters in the MBE apparatus to expose strontium, titanium and oxygen sources. The ratio of strontium and titanium is approximately 1:1. The partial pressure of oxygen is initially set at a minimum value to grow stoichiometric strontium titanate at a growth rate of about 0.3-0.5 nm per minute. After initiating growth of the strontium titanate, the partial pressure of oxygen is increased above the initial minimum value. The overpressure of oxygen causes the growth of an amorphous silicon oxide layer at the interface between the underlying substrate and the growing strontium titanate layer. The growth of the silicon oxide layer results from the diffusion of oxygen through the growing strontium titanate layer to the interface where the oxygen reacts with silicon at the surface of the underlying substrate. The strontium titanate grows as an ordered (100) monocrystal with the (100) crystalline orientation rotated by 45° with respect to the underlying substrate. Strain that otherwise might exist in the strontium titanate layer because of the small mismatch in lattice constant between the silicon substrate and the growing crystal is relieved in the amorphous silicon oxide intermediate layer.
- After the strontium titanate layer has been grown to the desired thickness, the monocrystalline strontium titanate is capped by a template layer that is conducive to the subsequent growth of an epitaxial layer of a desired monocrystalline material. For example, for the subsequent growth of a monocrystalline compound semiconductor material layer of gallium arsenide, the MBE growth of the strontium titanate monocrystalline layer can be capped by terminating the growth with 1-2 monolayers of titanium, 1-2 monolayers of titanium-oxygen or with 1-2 monolayers of strontium-oxygen. Following the formation of this capping layer, arsenic is deposited to form a Ti—As bond, a Ti—O—As bond or a Sr—O—As. Any of these form an appropriate template for deposition and formation of a gallium arsenide monocrystalline layer. Following the formation of the template, gallium is subsequently introduced to the reaction with the arsenic and gallium arsenide forms. Alternatively, gallium can be deposited on the capping layer to form a Sr—O—Ga bond, and arsenic is subsequently introduced with the gallium to form the GaAs.
- FIG. 5 is a high resolution Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) of semiconductor material manufactured in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Single crystal SrTiO3
accommodating buffer layer 24 was grown epitaxially onsilicon substrate 22. During this growth process, amorphousinterfacial layer 28 is formed which relieves strain due to lattice mismatch. GaAscompound semiconductor layer 26 was then grown epitaxially usingtemplate layer 30. - FIG. 6 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum taken on a structure including GaAs
monocrystalline layer 26 comprising GaAs grown onsilicon substrate 22 usingaccommodating buffer layer 24. The peaks in the spectrum indicate that both theaccommodating buffer layer 24 and GaAscompound semiconductor layer 26 are single crystal and (100) orientated. - The structure illustrated in FIG. 2 can be formed by the process discussed above with the addition of an additional buffer layer deposition step. The
additional buffer layer 32 is formed overlying the template layer before the deposition of the monocrystalline material layer. If the buffer layer is a monocrystalline material comprising a compound semiconductor superlattice, such a superlattice can be deposited, by MBE for example, on the template described above. If instead the buffer layer is a monocrystalline material layer comprising a layer of germanium, the process above is modified to cap the strontium titanate monocrystalline layer with a final layer of either strontium or titanium and then by depositing germanium to react with the strontium or titanium. The germanium buffer layer can then be deposited directly on this template. -
Structure 34, illustrated in FIG. 3, may be formed by growing an accommodating buffer layer, forming an amorphous oxide layer oversubstrate 22, and growingsemiconductor layer 38 over the accommodating buffer layer, as described above. The accommodating buffer layer and the amorphous oxide layer are then exposed to an anneal process sufficient to change the crystalline structure of the accommodating buffer layer from monocrystalline to amorphous, thereby forming an amorphous layer such that the combination of the amorphous oxide layer and the now amorphous accommodating buffer layer form a singleamorphous oxide layer 36.Layer 26 is then subsequently grown overlayer 38. Alternatively, the anneal process may be carried out subsequent to growth oflayer 26. - In accordance with one aspect of this embodiment,
layer 36 is formed by exposingsubstrate 22, the accommodating buffer layer, the amorphous oxide layer, andmonocrystalline layer 38 to a rapid thermal anneal process with a peak temperature of about 700° C. to about 1000° C. and a process time of about 5 seconds to about 10 minutes. However, other suitable anneal processes may be employed to convert the accommodating buffer layer to an amorphous layer in accordance with the present invention. For example, laser annealing, electron beam annealing, or “conventional” thermal annealing processes (in the proper environment) may be used to formlayer 36. When conventional thermal annealing is employed to formlayer 36, an overpressure of one or more constituents oflayer 30 may be required to prevent degradation oflayer 38 during the anneal process. For example, whenlayer 38 includes GaAs, the anneal environment preferably includes an overpressure of arsenic to mitigate degradation oflayer 38. - As noted above,
layer 38 ofstructure 34 may include any materials suitable for either oflayers layer layer 38. - FIG. 7 is a high resolution TEM of semiconductor material manufactured in accordance with the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 3. In accordance with this embodiment, a single crystal SrTiO3 accommodating buffer layer was grown epitaxially on
silicon substrate 22. During this growth process, an amorphous interfacial layer forms as described above. Next, additionalmonocrystalline layer 38 comprising a compound semiconductor layer of GaAs is formed above the accommodating buffer layer and the accommodating buffer layer is exposed to an anneal process to formamorphous oxide layer 36. - FIG. 8 illustrates an x-ray diffraction spectrum taken on a structure including additional
monocrystalline layer 38 comprising a GaAs compound semiconductor layer andamorphous oxide layer 36 formed onsilicon substrate 22. The peaks in the spectrum indicate that GaAscompound semiconductor layer 38 is single crystal and (100) orientated and the lack of peaks around 40 to 50 degrees indicates thatlayer 36 is amorphous. - The process described above illustrates a process for forming a semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, an overlying oxide layer, and a monocrystalline material layer comprising a gallium arsenide compound semiconductor layer by the process of molecular beam epitaxy. The process can also be carried out by the process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), migration enhanced epitaxy (MEE), atomic layer epitaxy (ALE), physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical solution deposition (CSD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), or the like. Further, by a similar process, other monocrystalline accommodating buffer layers such as alkaline earth metal titanates, zirconates, hafnates, tantalates, vanadates, ruthenates, and niobates, alkaline earth metal tin-based perovskites, lanthanum aluminate, lanthanum scandium oxide, and gadolinium oxide can also be grown. Further, by a similar process such as MBE, other monocrystalline material layers comprising other III-V and II-VI monocrystalline compound semiconductors, semiconductors, metals and non-metals can be deposited overlying the monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer.
- Each of the variations of monocrystalline material layer and monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer uses an appropriate template for initiating the growth of the monocrystalline material layer. For example, if the accommodating buffer layer is an alkaline earth metal zirconate, the oxide can be capped by a thin layer of zirconium. The deposition of zirconium can be followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorus to react with the zirconium as a precursor to depositing indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide respectively. Similarly, if the monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer is an alkaline earth metal hafnate, the oxide layer can be capped by a thin layer of hafnium. The deposition of hafnium is followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorous to react with the hafnium as a precursor to the growth of an indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide layer, respectively. In a similar manner, strontium titanate can be capped with a layer of strontium or strontium and oxygen and barium titanate can be capped with a layer of barium or barium and oxygen. Each of these depositions can be followed by the deposition of arsenic or phosphorus to react with the capping material to form a template for the deposition of a monocrystalline material layer comprising compound semiconductors such as indium gallium arsenide, indium aluminum arsenide, or indium phosphide.
- The formation of a device structure in accordance with another embodiment of the invention is illustrated schematically in cross-section in FIGS.9-12. Like the previously described embodiments referred to in FIGS. 1-3, this embodiment of the invention involves the process of forming a compliant substrate utilizing the epitaxial growth of single crystal oxides, such as the formation of
accommodating buffer layer 24 previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 andamorphous layer 36 previously described with reference to FIG. 3, and the formation of atemplate layer 30. However, the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9-12 utilizes a template that includes a surfactant to facilitate layer-by-layer monocrystalline material growth. - Turning now to FIG. 9, an amorphous
intermediate layer 58 is grown onsubstrate 52 at the interface betweensubstrate 52 and a growingaccommodating buffer layer 54, which is preferably a monocrystalline crystal oxide layer, by the oxidation ofsubstrate 52 during the growth oflayer 54.Layer 54 is preferably a monocrystalline oxide material such as a monocrystalline layer of SrzBa1-zTiO3 where z ranges from 0 to 1. However,layer 54 may also comprise any of those compounds previously described withreference layer 24 in FIGS. 1-2 and any of those compounds previously described with reference tolayer 36 in FIG. 3, which is formed fromlayers -
Layer 54 is grown with a strontium (Sr) terminated surface represented in FIG. 9 by hatchedline 55 which is followed by the addition of atemplate layer 60 which includes asurfactant layer 61 andcapping layer 63 as illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11.Surfactant layer 61 may comprise, but is not limited to, elements such as Al, In and Ga, but will be dependent upon the composition oflayer 54 and the overlying layer of monocrystalline material for optimal results. In one exemplary embodiment, aluminum (Al) is used forsurfactant layer 61 and functions to modify the surface and surface energy oflayer 54. Preferably,surfactant layer 61 is epitaxially grown, to a thickness of one to two monolayers, overlayer 54 as illustrated in FIG. 10 by way of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), although other epitaxial processes may also be performed including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), migration enhanced epitaxy (MEE), atomic layer epitaxy (ALE), physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical solution deposition (CSD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), or the like. -
Surfactant layer 61 is then exposed to a Group V element such as arsenic, for example, to form cappinglayer 63 as illustrated in FIG. 11.Surfactant layer 61 may be exposed to a number of materials to create cappinglayer 63 such as elements which include, but are not limited to, As, P, Sb andN. Surfactant layer 61 andcapping layer 63 combine to formtemplate layer 60. -
Monocrystalline material layer 66, which in this example is a compound semiconductor such as GaAs, is then deposited via MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, and the like to form the final structure illustrated in FIG. 12. Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer. However,monocrystalline material layer 66 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits. - FIGS.13-16 illustrate possible molecular bond structures for a specific example of a compound semiconductor structure formed in accordance with the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 9-12. More specifically, FIGS. 13-16 illustrate the growth of GaAs (layer 66) on the strontium terminated surface of a strontium titanate monocrystalline oxide (layer 54) using a surfactant containing template (layer 60).
- The growth of a
monocrystalline material layer 66 such as GaAs on anaccommodating buffer layer 54 such as a strontium titanium oxide overamorphous interface layer 58 andsubstrate layer 52, both of which may comprise materials previously described with reference tolayers - δSTO >(δ INT+δGaAs)
- where the surface energy of the
monocrystalline oxide layer 54 must be greater than the surface energy of theamorphous interface layer 58 added to the surface energy of theGaAs layer 66. Since it is impracticable to satisfy this equation, a surfactant containing template was used, as described above with reference to FIGS. 10-12, to increase the surface energy of themonocrystalline oxide layer 54 and also to shift the crystalline structure of the template to a diamond-like structure that is in compliance with the original GaAs layer. - FIG. 13 illustrates the molecular bond structure of a strontium terminated surface of a strontium titanate monocrystalline oxide layer. An aluminum surfactant layer is deposited on top of the strontium terminated surface and bonds with that surface as illustrated in FIG. 14, which reacts to form a capping layer comprising a monolayer of Al2Sr having the molecular bond structure illustrated in FIG. 14 which forms a diamond-like structure with an sp3 hybrid terminated surface that is compliant with compound semiconductors such as GaAs. The structure is then exposed to As to form a layer of AlAs as shown in FIG. 15. GaAs is then deposited to complete the molecular bond structure illustrated in FIG. 16, which has been obtained by 2D growth. The GaAs can be grown to any thickness for forming other semiconductor structures, devices, or integrated circuits. Alkaline earth metals such as those in Group IIA are those elements preferably used to form the capping surface of the
monocrystalline oxide layer 54 because they are capable of forming a desired molecular structure with aluminum. In this embodiment, a surfactant containing template layer aids in the formation of a compliant substrate for the monolithic integration of various material layers including those comprised of Group III-V compounds to form high quality semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits. For example, a surfactant containing template may be used for the monolithic integration of a monocrystalline material layer such as a layer comprising Germanium (Ge), for example, to form high efficiency photocells. - Turning now to FIGS.17-20, the formation of a device structure in accordance with another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in cross-section. This embodiment utilizes the formation of a compliant substrate that relies on the epitaxial growth of single crystal oxides on silicon followed by the epitaxial growth of single crystal silicon onto the oxide.
- An
accommodating buffer layer 74 such as a monocrystalline oxide layer is first grown on asubstrate layer 72, such as silicon, with anamorphous interface layer 78 as illustrated in FIG. 17.Monocrystalline oxide layer 74 may be comprised of any of those materials previously discussed with reference tolayer 24 in FIGS. 1 and 2, whileamorphous interface layer 78 is preferably comprised of any of those materials previously described with reference to thelayer 28 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.Substrate 72, although preferably silicon, may also comprise any of those materials previously described with reference tosubstrate 22 in FIGS. 1-3. - Next, a
silicon layer 81 is deposited overmonocrystalline oxide layer 74 via MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, and the like as illustrated in FIG. 18 with a thickness of a few hundred Angstroms but preferably with a thickness of about 50 Angstroms.Monocrystalline oxide layer 74 preferably has a thickness of about 20 to 100 Angstroms. - Rapid thermal annealing is then conducted in the presence of a carbon source such as acetylene or methane, for example at a temperature within a range of about 800° C. to 1000° C. to form capping
layer 82 and silicateamorphous layer 86. However, other suitable carbon sources may be used as long as the rapid thermal annealing step functions to amorphize the monocrystalline oxide layer74 into a silicateamorphous layer 86 and carbonize thetop silicon layer 81 to form cappinglayer 82 which in this example would be a silicon carbide (SiC) layer as illustrated in FIG. 19. The formation ofamorphous layer 86 is similar to the formation oflayer 36 illustrated in FIG. 3 and may comprise any of those materials described with reference tolayer 36 in FIG. 3 but the preferable material will be dependent upon thecapping layer 82 used forsilicon layer 81. - Finally, a
compound semiconductor layer 96, such as gallium nitride (GaN) is grown over the SiC surface by way of MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, or the like to form a high quality compound semiconductor material for device formation. More specifically, the deposition of GaN and GaN based systems such as GaInN and AlGaN will result in the formation of dislocation nets confined at the silicon/amorphous region. For one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate nitride compounds may be used as a piezoelectric semiconductor layer. The resulting nitride containing compound semiconductor material may comprise elements from groups III, IV and V of the periodic table and is defect free. - Although GaN has been grown on SiC substrate in the past, this embodiment of the invention possesses a one step formation of the compliant substrate containing a SiC top surface and an amorphous layer on a Si surface. More specifically, this embodiment of the invention uses an intermediate single crystal oxide layer that is amorphosized to form a silicate layer that adsorbs the strain between the layers. Moreover, unlike past use of a SiC substrate, this embodiment of the invention is not limited by wafer size, which is usually less than 50 mm in diameter for prior art SiC substrates.
- The monolithic integration of nitride containing semiconductor compounds containing group III-V nitrides and silicon devices can be used for high temperature RF applications and optoelectronics. GaN systems have particular use in the photonic industry for the blue/green and UV light sources and detection. High brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers may also be formed within the GaN system.
- FIGS.21-23 schematically illustrate, in cross-section, the formation of another embodiment of a device structure in accordance with the invention. This embodiment includes a compliant layer that functions as a transition layer that uses clathrate or Zintl type bonding. More specifically, this embodiment utilizes an intermetallic template layer to reduce the surface energy of the interface between material layers thereby allowing for two-dimensional layer-by-layer growth.
- The structure illustrated in FIG. 21 includes a
monocrystalline substrate 102, anamorphous interface layer 108 and anaccommodating buffer layer 104.Amorphous interface layer 108 is formed onsubstrate 102 at the interface betweensubstrate 102 andaccommodating buffer layer 104 as previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.Amorphous interface layer 108 may comprise any of those materials previously described with reference toamorphous interface layer 28 in FIGS. 1 and 2.Substrate 102 is preferably silicon but may also comprise any of those materials previously described with reference tosubstrate 22 in FIGS. 1-3. - A
template layer 130 is deposited overaccommodating buffer layer 104 as illustrated in FIG. 22 and preferably comprises a thin layer of Zintl type phase material composed of metals and metalloids having a great deal of ionic character. As in previously described embodiments,template layer 130 is deposited by way of MBE, CVD, MOCVD, MEE, ALE, PVD, CSD, PLD, or the like to achieve a thickness of one monolayer.Template layer 130 functions as a “soft” layer with non-directional bonding but high crystallinity, which absorbs stress build up between layers having lattice mismatch. Materials fortemplate 130 may include, but are not limited to, materials containing Si, Ga, In, and Sb such as, for example, AlSr2, (MgCaYb)Ga2, (Ca,Sr,Eu,Yb)In2, BaGe2As, and SrSn2As2 - A
monocrystalline material layer 126 is epitaxially grown overtemplate layer 130 to achieve the final structure illustrated in FIG. 23. As a specific example, an SrAl2 layer may be used astemplate layer 130 and an appropriatemonocrystalline material layer 126 such as a compound semiconductor material GaAs is grown over the SrAl2. The Al—Ti (from the accommodating buffer layer of layer of SrzBa1-zTiO3 where z ranges from 0 to 1) bond is mostly metallic while the Al—As (from the GaAs layer) bond is weakly covalent. The Sr participates in two distinct types of bonding with part of its electric charge going to the oxygen atoms in the loweraccommodating buffer layer 104 comprising SrzBa1-zTiO3 to participate in ionic bonding and the other part of its valence charge being donated to Al in a way that is typically carried out with Zintl phase materials. The amount of the charge transfer depends on the relative electro negativity of elements comprising thetemplate layer 130 as well as on the interatomic distance. In this example, Al assumes an sp3 hybridization and can readily form bonds withmonocrystalline material layer 126, which in this example comprises compound semiconductor material GaAs. Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for another embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer. However,monocrystalline material layer 126 may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits. - The compliant substrate produced by use of the Zintl type template layer used in this embodiment can absorb a large strain without a significant energy cost. In the above example, the bond strength of the Al is adjusted by changing the volume of the SrAl2 layer thereby making the device tunable for specific applications, which include the monolithic integration of III-V and Si devices and the monolithic integration of high-k dielectric materials for CMOS technology.
- Clearly, those embodiments specifically describing structures having compound semiconductor portions and Group IV semiconductor portions are meant to illustrate embodiments of the present invention and not limit the present invention. There are a multiplicity of other combinations and other embodiments of the present invention. For example, the present invention includes structures and methods for fabricating material layers that form semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits including other layers such as metal and non-metal layers. More specifically, the invention includes structures and methods for forming a compliant substrate that is used in the fabrication of semiconductor structures, devices and integrated circuits and the material layers suitable for fabricating those structures, devices, and integrated circuits. By using embodiments of the present invention, it is now simpler to integrate devices that include monocrystalline layers comprising semiconductor and compound semiconductor materials as well as other material layers that are used to form those devices with other components that work better or are easily and/or inexpensively formed within semiconductor or compound semiconductor materials. This allows a device to be shrunk, the manufacturing costs to decrease, and yield and reliability to increase.
- In accordance with one embodiment of this invention, a monocrystalline semiconductor or compound semiconductor wafer can be used in forming monocrystalline material layers over the wafer. In this manner, the wafer is essentially a “handle” wafer used during the fabrication of semiconductor electrical components within a monocrystalline layer overlying the wafer. Therefore, electrical components can be formed within semiconductor materials over a wafer of at least approximately 200 millimeters in diameter and possibly at least approximately 300 millimeters.
- By the use of this type of substrate, a relatively inexpensive “handle” wafer overcomes the fragile nature of compound semiconductor or other monocrystalline material wafers by placing them over a relatively more durable and easy to fabricate base material. Therefore, an integrated circuit can be formed such that all electrical components, and particularly all active electronic devices, can be formed within or using the monocrystalline material layer even though the substrate itself may include a monocrystalline semiconductor material. Further, one embodiment of the invention may use the wafer as a piezoelectric wafer alone if the monocrystalline semiconductor material has piezoelectric properties.
- Fabrication costs for compound semiconductor devices and other devices employing non-silicon monocrystalline materials should decrease because larger substrates can be processed more economically and more readily compared to the relatively smaller and more fragile substrates (e.g. conventional compound semiconductor wafers). For still another embodiment, FIGS.24-31 include illustrations of an integrated circuit formed such that it includes an optical laser, (a Vertical Cavitiy Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) for one embodiment) in a compound semiconductor portion, a photo detector (p-n junction photoreceptor), and an electro-rheological lens within the same integrated circuit.
- FIG. 24 includes an illustration of a cross-section view of a portion of an
integrated circuit 160 that includes amonocrystalline silicon wafer 161. An amorphousintermediate layer 162 and anaccommodating buffer layer 164, similar to those previously described have been formed overwafer 161.Layers lower mirror layer 166 for the VCSEL (laser) may include alternating layers of compound semiconductor materials. For example, the first, third, and fifth films within the optical laser may include a material such as gallium arsenide, and the second, fourth, and sixth films within thelower mirror layer 166 may include aluminum gallium arsenide or vice versa. -
Layer 168 may include the active region that will be used for photon generation.Upper mirror layer 170 can be formed in a similar manner to thelower mirror layer 166 including alternating films of compound semiconductor materials. In one particular embodiment, theupper mirror layer 170 may be of p-type doped compound semiconductor materials, and thelower mirror layer 166 may be of n-type doped compound semiconductor materials. - Another
accommodating buffer layer 172, similar to theaccommodating buffer layer 164, is formed over theupper mirror layer 170. In an alternative embodiment, the accommodating buffer layers 164 and 172 may include different materials. However, their function is essentially the same in that each is used for making a transition between a compound semiconductor layer and a monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer. -
Layer 172 may be subject to an annealing process as described above in connection with FIG. 3, to form an amorphous accommodating layer. A monocrystalline GroupIV semiconductor layer 174 is formed over theaccommodating buffer layer 172. In one particular embodiment, the monocrystalline GroupIV semiconductor layer 174 includes germanium, silicon germanium, silicon germanium carbide, or the like. - In FIG. 25, the MOS portion can be processed to form electrical components within the upper monocrystalline Group
IV semiconductor layer 174, specifically aphotoreceptor 182. As illustrated in FIG. 25, afield isolation region 171 may be formed from a portion oflayer 174. Agate dielectric layer 173 can be formed over thelayer 174, and agate electrode 175 can be formed over thegate dielectric layer 173.Doped regions 177 may be source, drain, or source/drain regions for thetransistor 163.Sidewall spacers 179 can be formed adjacent to the vertical sides of thegate electrode 175. Other components can be made within at least a part oflayer 174. These other components may include transistors (n-channel or p-channel), capacitors, transistors, diodes, and the like. - In one embodiment of the invention, a monocrystalline Group IV semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown over one of the doped
regions 177. Anupper portion 184 is P+ doped, and alower portion 183 remains substantially intrinsic (undoped) as illustrated in FIG. 25. Thelayers transistor 163 and thefield isolation region 171. The insulating layer is patterned to define an opening that exposes one of the dopedregions 177. At least initially, the selective epitaxial layer is formed without dopants. The entire selective epitaxial layer may be intrinsic, or a p-type dopant can be added near the end of the formation of the selective epitaxial layer. If the selective epitaxial layer is intrinsic, as formed, a doping step may be formed by implantation or by furnace doping. Regardless how the P+upper portion 184 is formed, the insulating layer can be removed to form the resulting structure, thephotoreceptor 182. The photovoltaic elements for thephotoreceptor 182 are photoelectric conversion elements for converting light to electric energy. Generally, the photovoltaic elements comprise a layer of semiconductor material having a bandgap (energy difference from the top of the valence band to the bottom of the conduction band) the same as or less than the corresponding energy of incoming photons (i.e., light) that are to be converted to electrical energy. A rectifying (p-n) junction is formed adjacent the upper surface of the layer of semiconductor material in order that electrical carriers generated adjacent such surface by incoming photons may be captured before recombination so that they provide a potential difference across the layer which is capable of supplying electrical output energy. Electrical contacts are provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the layer to provide a means of conducting current from the layer. - The next set of steps is performed to define the
optical laser 180 as illustrated in FIG. 26. Thefield isolation region 171 and theaccommodating buffer layer 172 are removed over the compound semiconductor portion of the integrated circuit. Additional steps are performed to define theupper mirror layer 170 andactive layer 168 of theoptical laser 180. The sides of theupper mirror layer 170 andactive layer 168 are substantially coterminous. -
Contacts upper mirror layer 170 and thelower mirror layer 166, respectively, as shown in FIG. 26. Contact 186 has an annular shape to allow light (photons) to pass out of theupper mirror layer 170 into a subsequently formed optical waveguide. - An insulating
layer 190 may be formed and patterned to define optical openings (optical aperatures) 192 extending to thecontact layer 186 and one of the dopedregions 177 as shown in FIG. 27. The insulating material can be any number of different dielectric materials, including an oxide, nitride, oxynitride, organic polymer, polyimide or any combination thereof. After defining theopenings 192, a higherrefractive index material 202 can be formed within the openings to fill them and to deposit the layer over the insulatinglayer 190 further illustrated in FIG. 27. With respect to the higherrefractive index material 202, “higher” is in relation to the material of the insulating layer 190 (i.e.,material 202 has a higher refractive index compared to the insulating layer 190). Optionally, a relatively thin lower refractive index film (not shown) could be formed before forming the higherrefractive index material 202. - In alternative embodiments of the invention, other types of
lasers 180 may be formed for use. For example, another type of laser can emit light (photons) horizontally instead of vertically. If light is emitted horizontally, thephotoreceptor 182 could be formed within thesubstrate 161, and theoptical waveguides 192 would be reconfigured, so that thelaser 180 is properly coupled (optically connected) to the transistor. In one specific embodiment, the optical waveguide can include at least a portion of theaccommodating buffer layer 168. Additionally, alternative embodiments of the invention may provide the optical transmitter component to be an alternate light generating semiconductor device, such as a photo emitter, a diode, etc. Likewise, the optical detector (photoreceptor) 182 component may be another light-sensitive semiconductor junction device, such as a photodiode, a bipolar junction, a transistor, etc. - A
conductive material 281 of the invention may require electrodes constructed with or affixed to the surface of the insulatingmaterial 190 and therefractive index material 202 in a manner that is known in the art. - A first conductive element (or electrode)281 may be formed of a conductive transparent oxide, such as indium tin oxide (ITO). As shown in FIG. 27, the
conductive material 281 is formed with a concave indent to provide for a convex surface for electro-rheological materials. - FIG. 28 illustrates the
insulation layer 190 being added to cover the appliedconductive material 281. The new layer can again be formed to extend theoptical aperture 192. On top of theinsulation layer 190 and theoptical apertures 192, additionalconductive material 321 may be placed in a manor previously described. Theconductive material 321 can be formed to size and shape by any suitable conventional technique to act as one or more conductive retaining rings.Conductive material 321 can be formed with a hole in their centers smaller than theoptical aperature 192 or without a hole. - The insulating
material 190 may again be formed over theoptical apertures 192 andconductive material 321 as illustrated in FIG. 29. The thickness of the resulting insulatingmaterial 190 may be predefined to provide for an optimal focal point from the center of the divot in theconductive material 281, to the center of afiber optic cable 333, illustrated in FIG. 30 as seated 329 within the formedinsulated material 190. The layer ofinsulated material 190 can again be formed to extend theoptical aperture 192. In the hollow area designated in FIG. 30 as 372, an electro-rheological material may be injected or deposited in some like fashion, to form an electro-rheological lens 405. The electro-rheological lens 405 is for this embodiment of the invention, constricted in a cylindrical housing with a convex side affixed to theconductive material 281, and a variable surface capable of protruding through the opening in theconductive material 321. It is the variable surface capabilities of electro-rheological materials that make this an optical structure capable of altering the focal point of the electro-rheological lens 405optical apertures 192. Theconductive material rheological lens 405 to activate its components. For one embodiment of the invention, the previously mentioned ITO is vapor deposited. - The electro-
rheological lens 405 can be comprised of gels, pastes, or liquids. For one embodiment of the invention, the electro-rheological material consists of three components: (1) a hydrophobic material (e.g., gels, pastes, liquids, or the like); (2) a dispersed particulate phase; (3) a low molecular weight polar activating material in an amount suitable to modify the electro-rheological activity of the dispersed particulate phase. In the first phase, examples of hydrophobic materials can include silicones, hydrocarbon materials, aromatic materials, paraffin hydrocarbons, naphthalene hydrocarbons, olefin hydrocarbons, chlorinated paraffins, synthetic esters, hydrogenated olefin oligomers, alkylene oxide polymers and derivatives (e.g., terminal hydroxyl groups that have been modified by esterification, etherification, etc.), and mixtures of the aforementioned materials. The choice of the hydrophobic material will depend largely on practical considerations including compatibility of the material with other components of the system and the intended utility of the ER material. - The second phase of dispersed particulates can include both those materials that are believed to require a low molecular weight polar material for their ER activity, as well as those that exhibits such activity even in the absence of a low molecular weight polar material. Dispersed particulate inorganic materials can include semiconductors (based on silicon, germanium, and so on), chromic oxide, germanium sulfide, ceramics, copper sulfide, carbon particles, silica gel, magnesium silicate, alumina, silica-alumina, pyrogenic silica, zeolites, and the like. Dispersed particulate organic materials can include organic semiconductive polymers, polarizable polymers, or polyelectrolytes, such as oxidized or pyrolyzed polyacrylonitrile, polyacene quinones, polypyrroles, polyphenylenes, polyphenylene oxides, polyphenylene sulfides, polyacetylenes, polyphenothiazines, polyimidazoles, and preferably polyaniline, substituted polyanilines, and aniline copolymers. Compositions of the above and related materials, treated or doped with various additives including acids, bases, metals, halogens, sulfur, sulfur halides, sulfur oxide, and hydrocarbyl halides can also be employed. Another category is the class of ferroelectric materials. The most typical of such materials is barium titanate; others include monobasic potassium phosphate, potassium-sodium tartrate, tantalates, niobates, tungstates, and perovskites, and the guanidine compounds. The particles can be in the form of powders, fibers, spheres, hollow spheres, rods, core-shell structures, agglomerated particles, etc. The size may not be particularly critical, but generally particles having average diameters of 0.25 to 100 μm are suitable. The largest particles should normally be no larger than one-third of the gap between the electrode elements in the ER device.
- The third component of the electro-rheological lens, the polar activating materials, can include water, amines (e.g. ethanolamine and ethylenediamine), amides, nitrites, alcohols, polyhydroxy compounds (e.g. ethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol), low molecular weight esters, and ketones. Other suitable materials are carboxylic acids, aprotic polar materials (e.g. dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, pentanedione, diethyl phthalate, etc.), and low molecular weight esters (e.g. ethyl acetate).
- With the electro-
rheological lens 405 inserted within thecavity 372, the embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 30 identifies an optical semiconductor capable of providing a continuously variable transmission and received optic signal. An alternative embodiment may additionally provide for the use of micro-optics to further enhance the capabilities of the electro-rheological lens 405. Also incorporated may be at least one additional electro-rheological lens to aid in signal multiplexing or aperture corrections. - The illustration of FIG. 31 is an example of the functionality of an electro-rheological lens in communication with an
optical transmitter 180, and aphotoreceptor 182. Theoptical transmitter 180 issues apulse 386 directed through theoptical aperture 192 to the electro-rheological lens 405. A field of varying levels can be placed to alter the focal point of the electro-rheological lens 405 to thefiber optic cable 333. With the optimal focal variance computed and input to the electro-rheological lens, therefined signal 387 is sent on its path through thefiber optic cable 333. - In a receive mode, the fiber optic cable transmits a
signal 386 through theoptical aperture 192 to the electro-rheological lens 405. Again, a field can be placed of varying levels to alter the focal point from the electro-rheological lens 405, to thereceiver 182. The altered signal focal point can be illustrated assignal 387 or FIG. 31. - Illustrated by FIG. 32, is one embodiment of a process for fabricating an optical semiconductor structure with a electro-rheological lens in accordance with the invention. A monocrystalline silicon substrate is provided410 as a base for fabrication of the semiconductor structure. The monocrystalline silicon substrate can be for example, a monocrystalline silicon substrate as is commonly used in making complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits having a diameter of about 200-300 mm. A monocrystalline perovskite oxide film can be deposited 420 overlying the monocrystalline silicon substrate, the film having a thickness less than a thickness of the material that would result in strain-induced defects. The monocrystalline perovskite oxide film may be used by one embodiment of the invention as a buffer layer, and may be epitaxially grown on the underlying substrate. The monocrystalline perovskite oxide film can have a thickness of about 2 to about 100 nanometers (nm) and preferably has a thickness of about 5 nm. In general, it is desired to have the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film thick enough to isolate the monocrystalline silicon substrate from subsequent substrates to obtain the desired electrical and optical properties. Layers thicker than 100 nm usually provide little additional benefit while increasing cost unnecessarily however; thicker layers may be fabricated if needed.
- In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, an amorphous oxide interface layer can be formed430 between the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the growing monocrystalline perovskite oxide film by the oxidation of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film during its growth. The amorphous oxide interface layer can have a thickness of about 0.5-5 nm, and preferably a thickness of about 1 to 2 nm. The purpose of the amorphous oxide interface layer is to relieve strain that might otherwise occur in the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film because of differences in the lattice constants of the monocrystalline silicon substrate and the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film. If such strain is not relieved by the amorphous oxide interface layer, the strain may cause defects in the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film. Defects in the crystalline structure of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film, would make it difficult to achieve a high quality crystalline structure in any subsequent materials.
- A monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may then be formed440 overlying the monocrystalline perovskite oxide film. The monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may comprise a semiconductor material, a compound semiconductor material, a piezoelectric material, or another type of material such as a metal or a nonmetal and may or may not have piezoelectric properties. The material can be selected as desired, for a particular structure or application. For example, the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may be selected, as needed for a particular semiconductor structure, from any of the Group IIIA and VA elements (III-V semiconductor compounds), mixed III-V compounds, Group II(A or B) and VIA elements (II-VI semiconductor compounds), and mixed II-VI compounds. Examples include gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium indium arsenide (GaInAs), gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs), indium phosphide (InP), cadmium sulfide (CdS), cadmium mercury telluride (CdHgTe), zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfur selenide (ZnSSe), and the like. Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs) has better piezoelectric performance then gallium arsenide (GaAs), and is for one embodiment of the invention, more appropriate for use as a piezoelectric layer. However, the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer may also comprise other piezoelectric or non-piezoelectric materials, metals, or non-metal materials, which are used in the formation of semiconductor structures, devices and/or integrated circuits.
- An optical semiconductor device may be formed over the monocrystalline compound semiconductor layer in a manor as has been described. For one embodiment of the invention, the optical semiconductor device may be an optical transmitter while for another embodiment of the invention, a photoreceptor may be formed. An insulating material may be deposited to provide for optical amplitude, waveguide functionality, as well as spacing to approximate a preferred focal length between the electro-rheological lens and a fiber optic cable or a
photoreceptor 460. A conductive material may be placed in communication with the electro-rheological lens to provide a communication with a controlling processor and the electro-rheological lens 470. The final process may provide for the electro-rheological lens material to be inserted into its preferred position within theoptical semiconductor structure 480. - In the foregoing specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, one of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the specification and figures are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of present invention.
- Benefits, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to specific embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any benefit, advantage, or solution to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential features or elements of any or all the claims. As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
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